In 2019 I began making drawings with crumpled paper. Taking a clean sheet of paper, I’d crumple the thing up in my hands, then smooth it out. Sometimes I’d repeat the process, damaging and manipulating of the paper. I started this drawing in 2020 during the pandemic shutdown. I’ve been poking at it here and there the past five years,… Read More »Embracing the Gifts of Darkness
Our SDI publication Listen is online – a reflection on spiritual companionship, and collaboration between Rev Anil Seifu Singh-Molares and myself. SeiFu writes on the Shadow Spiritual Companion – our befriending our own shadow, in order to integrate our darknesses and illuminate our true natures. SeiFu writes, “We usually associate darkness and shadows with fear: of the unknown, of being… Read More »Befriending our shadows – a few new videos and photographs
A meditation on breathing. Graphite, acrylic, watercolor on paper. 24″ x 26″ For the last several days, Seattle has been saturated with smoke from forest fires. The air has been beyond unhealthy – it’s been hazardous to breathe. Breathing it is like having bad allergies – burning eyes, congestion – and the acrid taste and smell. My adult life has… Read More »Particulate-Participate – crumpled paper and hope
Let it crumble, it’ll all hold together. Oil on canvas, 18×24”