Mapping This Moment: The Quaranteenies

Christina Luka

Halifax, NS - Nova Scotia, CA

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From a young age, I've always been drawn to mascots. There's something about their big goofy smiling faces that has always made me smile. About three years ago, I moved to South Korea to teach English and while living there and traveling to Japan, I learned that mascots were an everyday part of people's lives and I wanted in. I decided to create my own mascot to represent myself and my travel adventures online and went all in writing and drawing regularly after moving home to the States. Late February of this year, I moved to Canada to live with my boyfriend and almost immediately got stuck indoors. While my routine hasn't changed all that much from before, I've only seen two aspects of Canada: cold winter and quarantine! :) I've decided to make the best of this indoor life here and I created these mascots, The Quaranteenies to represent this crazy time and reflect on my past life traveling.