Capacious

If something is capacious, it has the space and capacity to hold a great deal. I love this word to describe the quality of human connections. I drew this hand to represent the capaciousness - the ample space for love, kindness and compassion - that can occur in the connections between people. The hand is a rich symbol; here it represents a means for cultivating care and appreciating vulnerability in these relationships. I enjoy employing paradox in my art. This image is made up of a tightly-packed series of lines, yet the outstretched hand expresses a sense of openness and readiness to hold, comfort and heal. On a technical level, the movement of drawing the fine lines of this drawing is a very soothing process for me and has become an almost subconscious movement. I find myself being able to pay closer attention to auditory stimuli around me - like a podcast or a lecture - when I move my hand in this way to draw.