Status Updates From Awake in the Floating City

Two days later, as she removed the cuttings, blue swept through her mind. She recalled a unit on cyanotype in one of her early art classes. It was a practical, pre-xerox, pre-digital way to duplicate documents - specifically blueprints - that had been rediscovered by artists in the 1960s.

It took a little bit but I’m so invested I hope the ending hits. Plot is exploring the importance of staying, remembering, and living slowly in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco. And wow? It’s resonating with me esp since it’s also so big on the Asian American + immigrant experience and reconnecting with art after burn out

I really liked the start of thr book, but its losing me midway.