Thinking about your own art work life balance you may have realised that it’s not that easy to perform your balancing act all the time, particularly if the world around you seems imbalanced too. It’s worth thinking about others and their potentially precarious positions, this can help put your own art work life balance into perspective.

You might read a book, visit a different country, put yourself in anothers shoes, or all three. What kind of balance do they have? Perhaps it’s mostly work, but is there some ingenuity, some art, some life, some umami? You may never find the perfect balance no matter where you look or how hard you try but perhaps these exercises might help you to reflect on what you can achieve despite your imbalance, stand on one leg hold out your arms close your eyes and imagine you have 3 bags…