Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Jeff Kinney has been spending a lot of time sitting in a cemetery.
The creator of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” book and film franchise is not there to mourn. Rather, he needs a place to think alone when much of his Plainville, Massachusetts, town is closed and his kids are home from school.
Some head-clearing time amid the headstones speaks to how artists must be flexible to remain sharp — and how some of us can take tips from such veteran isolators on how to stay creatively engaged at work and in our spare time during a quarantine.
