Tag Archives: balance

Buoyant and Balanced

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Art for Housewives

All along the jagged Tuscan coast, they danced to keep their balance. They were weight shifters because that’s what balance is all about. When you feel like you’re falling in one direction, you balance yourself by shifting your weight in … Continue reading →

Posted in Introspection | Tagged balance, dancing, Punta Ala, Tuscany, weightshift, yin yang | 3 Comments

A Political Statement

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Art for Housewives

In archaic Greek sculpture, figures were rigid with their weight resting equally on both feet. But then contrapposto was introduced where the body rested most of its weight on only one foot leaving the other foot ready for action. When I … Continue reading →

Posted in Drawings & Paintings | Tagged balance, ballpoint pen drawing, contrapposto, counterpose, equilibrium, friends, Greek sculpture, political statement | 7 Comments

the tension between here and there

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Art for Housewives

Balance is oscillation. Equilibrium is static only in math but, in real life, equilibrium is dynamic. In other words, you gotta keep moving if you don’t want to fall! . .