31/07/2025
Untangling
11x14 paper, colored pencil
It was a long week and my heart is heavy. This process is a mindfulness practice for me. I use my non-dominant hand and just let it make organic shapes. Then I color it in with my dominant hand. It creates this bilateral experience that quiets my brain and puts my nervous system at rest.
It’s a heavy time to be a human. And the work I do throughout the day is to support other humans mental and emotional health. We are all trying to figure out how to live in these times.
Every day I get to be with others most painful struggles, their deepest desires, their aching to be good fathers, partners, mothers, daughters… I love the work I do. We just want to be safe, to belong, to love and be loved, and to feel we are making some sort of positive impact. It’s pretty universal
But it’s heavy and this is a way to become still at the end of the day and let the snowglobe of my mind settle and the beating of my heart slow down.
Every line, every shape, every color, is my connection to all of us. Like I’m collecting all of our fears, dreams, sorrows, hopes and creating this tapestry of our inner worlds.
maybe
