His response was to send photos of his Doorway to the Imagination. Two men, both named David, have taken the quarantine activities to the next level by creating a 'Door to Imagination' in their backyard.

(Singing) We can work together when we see a common need. "Catharsis is accepting the realities of the problems that happen in our lives and doing something constructive with it — processing it," he says.

I wrote a song called "I Believe In The Humanity Of Humanity," this positivity that we want to put out there.MCCAMMON: Doing you want to sing me a line from it?

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It's not an escape; I believe it's a catharsis.MCCAMMON: Yeah, what's the difference between escape and catharsis for you?NORTH: Catharsis is accepting the realities of the problems that happen in our lives and doing something constructive with it, processing it. We see your sourdough starters and your Duolingo sessions and your new cross stitch hobby, and we raise you A Doorway to Imagination. "It's things that we can discuss because we love one another. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with David North about his and his husband's quarantine project, OK, America.

Their next project seems to be making a dragon in the backyard. We all deserve respect. This sculpture appropriately appears to be a magical door leading to another dimension. He quickly racked up tens of thousands of followers.And I caught up with him on FaceTime video this morning, so he could give me a tour, as his roosters crowed in the background. The tweets about North and his creation quickly racked up … And it doesn't really open, but it looks like a door.MCCAMMON: It looks almost like, you know, something you'd see in a secret garden or a little...MCCAMMON: And then it's just surrounded by all this kind of brambly wood and vines, it almost looks like, around it.NORTH: Looks kind of surreal.

And it's not an argument; it's things that we can discuss because we love one another, and love has a way of dispelling fear. Visit our website Reporter Kimberly Adams asked her uncle, David K. North, what he was doing to keep himself busy during the lockdown. David North He's doing good now.

You can see pictures of it at npr.org. And love has a way of dispelling fear. MCCAMMON: David North is the man behind the Doorway to Imagination, and he's brightened a whole lot of people's days in the past couple of weeks.

David North built the Doorway to Imagination in his backyard. I didn't know it was going to end up being declared a piece of art. The doorway being dark kind of draws you in. And for some reason, I thought of - let me build myself a door. "North says that's the message he hopes he can spread through his new social media fame. If you need to, peek through the window before opening the door. North says he's always liked tinkering in the yard. It's been such a joy to talk with you.MCCAMMON: David North is the man behind the Doorway to Imagination, and he's brightened a whole lot of people's days in the past couple of weeks. "Since you all love my Uncle David so much, here he is with his husband, my other Uncle David, who makes an amazing butterscotch raspberry pudding.

When he gave NPR a virtual tour of his rural Maryland home Friday morning, his roosters crowed in the background.

"North says this project is an act of catharsis — not escape. David York and David North live in rural Maryland, where David North built the Doorway to Imagination with parts of wood in their backyard.

The tweets about North and his creation quickly racked up tens of thousands of likes and retweets. I started by asking how his creation came to be.DAVID NORTH: The last couple of years have been extremely stressful for us due to some health issues that my husband has. And for the past 30 years they've coordinated matching outfits.

David York and David North live in rural Maryland, where David North built theDavid York and David North live in rural Maryland, where David North built the"I found some old wood behind one of our sheds, and for some reason I thought of: 'Let me build myself a door,' " he says. We all deserve respect. That's the backyard branch and wood art piece that David North built with all his social distancing-created free time.His niece Kimberly Adams, a correspondent for the public radio show At a time when the heavy news keeps coming, people fell hard for the doorway and for "Uncle David" himself. They're an interracial couple and say they're both frustrated by the injustices that have taken center stage in the news this week. His niece, Kimberly Adams, a correspondent for the public radio show "Marketplace" and friend of mine, tweeted about it. That's what David North built with all his social distancing-created free time. I found some old wood behind one of our sheds.

I feel creativity is a way to process it in constructive, productive, positive ways.MCCAMMON: So you're David, and your husband is David.MCCAMMON: And I should note that you both have these big white, fluffy beards.MCCAMMON: And your niece, Kimberly, shared the two of you always wear matching outfits.MCCAMMON: I can see you, so I know that you're an interracial couple as well.MCCAMMON: And we are, of course, dealing at a moment of sort of a reckoning with racial justice issues in this country. David North and his husband, also named David, both sport big white fluffy beards. We'll get to what A Doorway to Imagination is in a second. "It doesn't really open, but it looks like a door. But dealing with the stress, I spend a lot of time outside, and I have yard projects. The work of love is more than just the people that we know, but even the people that we don't know — that we all deserve love. I believe - I believe in the humanity of humanity.My voice is cracking, but that's the chorus - I believe in the humanity of humanity.MCCAMMON: Well, thank you so much.