I Ching Diary 2020: Growing through Change in the Age of Corna was written in response to the drastic changes that were rapidly occurring at the onset of the COVID pandemic and the monumental social and environmental events that followed. Its weekly entries document the thoughts and experiences of the author, Kirk Chernansky, as she struggled to make meaning of it all guided by ancient Chinese wisdom found in the I Ching or Book of Changes.

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By including her art with her writing, Kirk’s book becomes a metaphorical storyboard of change. The image of an apple striving to become a tree merges with the miming of Marcel Marceau whose facial expressions and body language are incorporated into each illustration. Together, the images and writings capture the humble, steadfast, approach to change inherent in the writings of the I Ching