BREATHE
42” x 30”
Charcoal
2016
Breathe is my first large scale meditative drawing and was done on the floor of my studio at Syracuse University. I sat with my eyes closed making a mark for every breath I breathed during a meditation that lasted for four hours.
This is an unframed piece.
SPOON & SPRIG STUDIO NOTES ON MEDITATION DRAWINGS
These meditative drawings began as a short exercise in one of my drawing classes, but I soon realized that when I drew with my eyes closed I could connect to myself and the paper in a way I could not achieve before. During meditation, I let my thoughts melt away - even in the most expressive moments creating is a mental exercise, but that changed when I detached myself from the visual aspect. I was creating through other senses. I abandoned my sight and began understanding the marks I was making as sounds, feelings, and smells, rather then shapes and textures. It allowed me to create fully with abandon and without any editing or remedies, just pure feeling and reaction.
