Viki Rutsch- Set designer.

What is your name?  

Viki Rutsch

What do you do and are you still able to do it? If not, what are you doing on a daily basis?

Set designer (not able to do), mom, gardener, cook, housekeeper, dog walker, dish washer, laundress (still able to do and grateful for every chore)

Where are you social isolating and with who? How is it being home with them all the time?!  

Brooklyn, New York. With husband Ja, son Diego 15, daughter Suko 13 and dog Sky  5- I love being home with my family.

Do you have a routine you try to stick to?

Morning coffee in the garden, apply for loans, make some food, take Sky for a walk, binge Netflix or HBO.

Do you get dressed in the morning or stay in your PJ’s?

I get dressed at some point in the day not in the morning.

How is your life and your headspace changing as the weeks of isolation continue?

Slow, taking it a day at a time feeling grateful for my home and family.

What frightens you the most about this? Do you have ways of calming yourself?

Personal fear- Losing my house and that my kids won’t have the freedom to travel and explore other places and cultures...

Have you managed to find any silver linings?

I love having more time home with my kids- they are handling this isolation so well, changing lightbulbs, emptying the dishwasher, taking on more responsibilities.

People are saying this is a time for real change both personally and worldly. Do you agree? If so, how do you see your life changing from this?

Listen more, look closer.

Are there any conspiracy theories you subscribe to?

I mean its hard not to be suspicious of germ warfare and Russia after all the election stuff… but no I think the historical and projected cycle of virus makes sense- It feels biblical.

If you were president/prime minister what would you have done differently?

Taken responsibility and offered a calm and resolute message that we are in this together and will learn as we go.

Using the color chart below please tell me in general what colors you are feeling. It can be a whole rainbow if you want or just one…! 

Red- angry

Yellow- scared

Green- inspired, this is giving you time to reflect and/or create

Blue- sad/depressed 

Pink- happy. You see and focus on the silver linings.

Black- doomed this is hard

Cream- you feel no difference

Orange- over whelmed

Turquoise represents the combo of (yellow + green + blue) as Frances describes scared + inspired + sad for loss.