{"id":64394,"date":"2020-09-10T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T20:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/i-moved-to-nyc-on-9-11-and-im-not-going-anywhere\/"},"modified":"2020-09-10T23:19:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T20:19:00","slug":"i-moved-to-nyc-on-9-11-and-im-not-going-anywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/i-moved-to-nyc-on-9-11-and-im-not-going-anywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"#I moved to NYC on 9\/11 \u2014 and I\u2019m not going anywhere!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#I moved to NYC on 9\/11 \u2014 and I\u2019m not going anywhere!<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 10, 2020 |<\/span> 4:19pm |<\/span> Updated September 10, 2020 | 4:20pm<\/span><\/p>\n

\n She moved to New York on 9\/11 \u2014 and 19 years later, artist Josana Blue isn\u2019t going anywhere.<\/p>\n

Rather, she\u2019s creating artwork to show her great love for her adopted hometown \u2014 and to boost spirits during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Earlier this summer, she mounted a fanciful display from the backyard-facing fire escape of her Bushwick home, celebrating the resilient spirit of the city.<\/p>\n

Draped in a 36-foot skirt made of silk-like electric-blue and yellow segments, Blue was photographed against hand-sewn banners reading \u201cHope\u201d and \u201cLove\u201d that took her and a few assistants three days to create.<\/p>\n

\u201cI created this to speak to how I believe in this great city,\u201d Blue, 42, said. \u201cWe\u2019re all hopeful together. It\u2019s what brought us together in 2001 and what\u2019s going to unite us now.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery single person is affected by this crisis on some level and everyone can use that message of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not the first time the bruised city has served as muse for the artist. Her first art piece post-9\/11 was a large-scale trip<\/a>tych painting on canvas inspired by the tragedy. \u201cIt\u2019s the city in turmoil,\u201d she said of the abstract piece that now hangs in her building\u2019s lobby.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 10, 2001, 23-year-old Blue packed her belongings into her \u201cbeat up\u201d Honda Civic for a move to NYC from the West Virginia college she had recently graduated from.<\/p>\n

She reached Manhattan in the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 11. She said she\u2019ll never forget the dazzling skyline on that perfectly clear Tuesday that greeted her while she drove down the West Side Highway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe radio was blaring, the windows were down and I literally stuck my head out the window and said, \u2018There\u2019s the city; there\u2019s the Towers,\u2019\u2009\u201d said Blue, who was set to start a master of arts program at NYU later that day. \u201cI slowed down and took it all in. The sweep of the city was overwhelming. I was absolutely bursting with excitement and nerves.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was, of course, the last time Blue would see it like that.<\/p>\n

She was at the home of a friend in Bay Ridge when the first plane hit the north tower and she watched in horror on TV as the second plane struck. Walking over to the nearby waterfront with direct views of lower Manhattan, she saw it \u201ccompletely engulfed in smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her parents pleaded with her to come back to her native Maine \u2014 but she wasn\u2019t ready to turn her back on NYC just yet. \u201cOr turn my back on myself,\u201d she said. \u201cI came to New York for a reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She started her grad program a few weeks later, and found comfort and courage in her fellow New Yorkers. \u201cPeople I barely knew said, \u2018How can I help? What can I do?\u2019 I felt hugged and protected \u2014 the energy of the people was palpable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt connected to the city, to the people,\u201d she continued, \u201cand I just wanted to be strong like everyone else. That\u2019s how you survive here.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an important lesson for today\u2019s trials, said Blue. \u201cEverything now is so intense and scary. We\u2019re scared of the virus, we\u2019re scared of violence, of looting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s her turn to help the vulnerable during a tragedy.<\/p>\n

Though she was furloughed from her longtime position for Ralph Lauren, where she worked on its fanciful windows, Blue was determined to give back during the coronavirus crisis. She made some 5,000 masks for hospitals and those in need, working full time for months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the best job I\u2019ve ever had and I made zero dollars,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter how tough this place is, we rise up and create our great visions together with all of our hearts. We got through 9\/11 together and we\u2019ll get through this together.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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