Lately I have been doing drawings in quarantine of the changing city around me, paying attention to signs, juxtapositions of context, abandoned storefronts, scaffolding, development and making beautiful line drawings that are almost hypnotic and emblematic of the instabilities in what is going on right in front of me. Although these drawings are very illustrative, they also portray signs and signage in a new context. The craft of drawing helps me to focus, to pay attention to the surroundings, conceptualizing the project as a meditative way of seeing and being present. I plan to continue these drawings, capturing the fleeting changes of what makes New York City so special to me in the hopes of preserving some of these thoughts, experiences, ideas, and communities. 

Ethan Shoshan is an artist, community activist, and non-profit computer a/v technical consultant living in NYC. You can purchase his book of drawings and postcards here.