We can't to seem to find her balance

“I Live in a Balance of Hope & Fear,’’ by Pauline Lim, at the Brickbottom Artists Association, Somerville, Mass., through Jan. 16. She’s a painter and musician who lives in the Brickbottom facility.The organization, named after the Somerville  s…

“I Live in a Balance of Hope & Fear,’’ by Pauline Lim, at the Brickbottom Artists Association, Somerville, Mass., through Jan. 16. She’s a painter and musician who lives in the Brickbottom facility.

The organization, named after the Somerville section whose clay deposits were used for brick making in the 19th Century, has become a well-known model for other artists' live/work developments around America.

‘‘I Live in a Balance of Hope & Fear,’’ by Pauline Lim, at the Brickbottom Art Association, Somerville, Mass.