Reflection: Holding Space, Letting Go
Last week marked two moments that feel quietly significant in my practice.
The first was hosting my very first creative workshop — a shared space where making, reflection, and conversation unfolded without pressure or performance.
What stood out most was not the finished pieces, but the atmosphere that formed around them. People arrived carrying their own stories, energy, and uncertainty, and left having translated something internal into colour, form, and presence.
Much of my work is guided by colour symbolism — how certain tones resonate emotionally, intuitively, and energetically. Rather than assigning fixed meanings, I pay attention to what emerges: repeated hues, contrasts, and combinations that reflect where someone is in relation to themselves. In this workshop, the colours chosen told quiet stories of grounding, release, and renewal. The work didn’t need explanation. It spoke for itself.
The second moment was handing over The Dragon’s Mandala to its new guardian.
This piece has lived with me for some time, layered with intention, symbolism, and a particular strength that comes from sustained attention. Letting it go was not about loss, but about completion — recognising when a work has finished its time in the studio and is ready to live elsewhere.
The poem that accompanies The Dragon’s Mandala was written as part of a creative collaboration with Lisa Williams, for her poetry collection Rhythm: Poetry for Your Soul. Lisa’s work brings together women, voice, and lived experience through poetry and collective expression, and it felt fitting that the visual and written elements of this piece were shaped within that shared context.
You can find more about her work here: https://spiritualsisterscollective.vipmembervault.com/
Both experiences — the workshop and the sale — reminded me that art does not exist in isolation. It moves through people, conversations, and moments of recognition. Sometimes holding space. Sometimes it marks a transition. And sometimes, it simply finds its next home.
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