AD 130 | Yumi Sakugawa x JDH
“A Polymath’s Approach To Creativity, Balance, And Meditation”
“A Polymath’s Approach To Creativity, Balance, And Meditation”



Show Notes:
- Drawing, writing, meditation, performance art, and engagement in multiple creative disciplines as an artistic practice and career.
- Being an extroverted introvert or an “ambivert”.
- Growing up as an Asian American student in both American and Japanese academic systems.
- Stream of consciousness and dream logic.
- Using meditation to supplement her mental health.
- How her meditation surfaces in her work visually.
- Rediscovering “fun” in the creative process.
- Using humor as a vehicle to explore and express darker subject matter.
- The importance of being a female Asian American artist under the projective narratives of both American and Asian patriarchy.
- The fetishization of Asian American artists and women.
- Her part in helping other Asian American woman artists achieve visibility.
- Mental health, personal boundaries, and keeping a balance in her personal relationships and art practice.
- Giving herself permission to take the time needed to slow down in order to be creative.
www.yumisakugawa.com