breathwork

an photograph by trudi smith of a pour of garry oak ink on a page that has been blown into shape.

Handmade inks are poured onto paper and guided by breath, hands, and movement. Like bilateral drawing, pouring liquid ink droplets onto a page is a movement practice. We might hold the paper, pouring, slowing down to notice how ink moves when pulled and pushed by the breath.

BREATHMARKS

a puff, a sigh, inhale, exhale, gasp, blast…or the feeling of headwind, through nose or mouth, deep, breathing in the world, a breath of fresh air.

Over time the ink pools, pulls away from the exact map of our breath, and then slows and begins to dry. Do we return to breathe into the inky darkness again?

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