This tapestry is shadow work in several ways:

The subject matter is literally a shadow of myself on a path.

Last Fall during a week off from work for mental health reasons, I took a long walk to help me cope, and during that walk I took this photo of my shadow. I remember that when I shared this photo with my mom she mentioned that it was very artistic.

So now that tapestry is a major mental health coping strategy for me, I remembered this photo and decided to weave it. It took me most of a month to finish it, and the process of making this tapestry felt like shadow work indeed: getting frustrated and putting it away for a few days, accepting some errors while trying to fix others, changing my mind on what to do, using some embroidery stitches to change a shadow piece into light, just having fun while making waves.

I am on this path of life, and shadows are an integral part of it, and I live and weave not just despite them but also as a result of them.