Line and Needle is a name that lives at the intersection of two disciplines I hold dear—art-making and acupuncture. It speaks to a lifelong intimacy with precision, rhythm, and care. In portraiture, the controlled line is an act of seeing—of capturing gesture, emotion, anatomy, and spirit through deliberate mark-making. A single line can suggest presence, memory, or longing; it becomes a threshold between the internal and the visible. Likewise, in acupuncture, the needle is both boundary and bridge: it meets the body with intention, opens pathways, and invites the unseen currents of Qi to move toward harmony.

This site is an evolving meditation on those parallels. On the quiet rigor that underlies both practices. On how close observation—whether of a face, a form, or a pulse—can guide the hand and change what is felt. On how line and needle are tools not just of technique, but of relationship: to the body, to the world, to change, and to healing.

Line and Needle is where I reflect on that terrain. Sometimes through sketches or essays. Sometimes through fragments of clinical insight or color studies. It’s a place to wonder aloud about how art and medicine are not opposites, but echo chambers. Each discipline teaches me something about attention, intention, and the art of holding complexity with care.