POLARITIES: FINDING THE CONTINUUM

Lately, I've been thinking about polarities: innocence and knowledge, feminine and masculine, life and death, body and mind, to name a few. Not as battles to win, but as a rhythm to inhabit. I'm drawn to

the idea of a continuum, where each pole informs the other.

This way of seeing has become central to both my embodiment practice and my artwork.

We often learn to privilege the mind—to analyze, categorize, judge, and solve. These are valuable capacities, but the body has its own intelligence, one that communicates through sensation, intuition, and direct experience.

In my embodiment practice, we begin by listening to the body's signals rather than rushing to interpret. As awareness unfolds, the mind helps us reflect and integrate. Body and mind are not in competition. They are in conversation, each continually informing the other.

I see this same dialogue in my drawing practice. Sometimes I draw with careful observation, letting structure and intention guide my hand. Other times, when the drawing begins to feel too controlled, I deliberately look away from the paper or even close my eyes. Those moments invite intuition, surprise, and a kind of childlike curiosity back into the work.

All my Drawings Have Paws, 7.9.26, mixed media drawing

Erasure has become one of my mediums. When I erase a line, it never disappears completely. A ghost image remains, quietly informing what comes next. Rather than seeing those marks as mistakes, I've come to see them as part of the drawing's history. The ghost image becomes a quiet reminder that control and surrender can live in the same space.

Yin and Yang Boat Ride with Birds, 7.12.26, mixed media drawing

My drawing practice is where I hold space for myself. Returning to that space nourishes my capacity to hold space for others—to listen, to attune.

Inner practice, outer offering. They are not opposites at all. Whether I'm drawing, working with clients, or simply moving through a day, that rhythm continues to teach me.

It's less about solving a polarity and more about letting it breathe—letting both sides speak and learning from the conversation itself.