Held in the Shape of Breath A Study in Fluid Becoming

Acrylic and guache 2023 • 20 x 24.5 in

Breath, unasked, arrives

faces come and go at ease

nothing needs control




Held in the Shape of a Breath is an exploration of consciousness as a shared, fluid space rather than a singular form. Multiple presences emerge, overlap, and dissolve within one another. faces brushing, holding, witnessing, resting , each expressing a different emotional phase coexisting in the same moment, held in quiet balance.

The work was created through embodied listening rather than deliberate choice. Color and line arose synesthetically in response to sound, sensation, and inner movement, allowing the painting to form as breath does , through attention, rhythm, and release. Rather than depicting a figure, the piece holds the experience of being suspended within a unified field of becoming, where equilibrium is felt rather than constructed.