Our lives are pinned by repetition and cycles.

I am drawn to both the structure of repetition in life (routine) as well as the structure of repetition in a woven, printed or stitched cloth, and the repetition of a drawn line or re-occurring brush stroke on a canvas.

The motif that re-appears over and over again becomes familiar to my eye and creates stability, a visual holding-place that goes back to the rhythm of our breath; a cycle and then a reoccurrence. It gives a feeling of rest in the same way that I rest in the familiar and repetitive movements of yoga or dance.

Our minds can rest in repetition because we take our attention out of the normal stream of thinking.