The fold: Creative writing in a time of pandemic

What role can creative writing play during a pandemic lockdown, and how can it be a tool to better cope in the post-pandemic era? This is perhaps a question of using language to bring form to matter, to make order from chaos, and to find little paths in a dark forest. It is also a question of how the creative mind interacts with threat, and what arises when we allow the creative imagination to be the primary responder. In this article, I query the activity of creative writing during this time as well as consider how to do it.