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Observer14 — WIP: Listening by-nc-sa

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Published: 2016-12-24 04:40:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 407; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 0
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Description unfired clay, 7" tall

This piece is another example of the conversation between myself and the clay, as it acts as either mirror or magnifying glass, depending on which metaphor works for you.

I sat down with nothing in my head other than to create a figure.  I started working from a life drawing I did recently, and the leaning forward pose with the tilted head started to emerge.  As I refined the figure, I began to see the tilting her head to listen, eyes closed, shoulders pushed forward, and hands together, in a position which is both relaxed and totally focused, as she leans into the whatever she is listening to.

Detail: sta.sh/01g14bterhhv
Original drawing: sta.sh/0kt63a3wxl0

Edit: Uploaded a slightly different photo (which shows the overall piece better, and more in focus.  Original at: sta.sh/029aemmkdkgh

Blog post at: tryonsculpturearts.com/listeni…
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Comments: 8

ParadisumRediens [2018-03-24 14:35:08 +0000 UTC]

I get the sense of receiving grace and light from this.

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Observer14 In reply to ParadisumRediens [2018-04-01 18:57:19 +0000 UTC]

I like that interpretation.     Very close to the feeling I had.

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ChIandra4U [2016-12-24 18:36:18 +0000 UTC]

innocent and wonderful

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Observer14 In reply to ChIandra4U [2016-12-25 02:25:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Chlandra!

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ChIandra4U In reply to Observer14 [2016-12-25 14:15:49 +0000 UTC]

My  pleasure !

Merry XMas for you and all your loved ones  

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Observer14 In reply to ChIandra4U [2016-12-25 23:15:59 +0000 UTC]

Yes, and a wondrous Christmas to you too, with people who understand your heart, and feed the creativity of your soul.

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pearwood [2016-12-24 17:32:22 +0000 UTC]

Music and contemplation.

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Observer14 In reply to pearwood [2016-12-25 02:36:26 +0000 UTC]

Yea, that's pretty much the line of thought.  The idea of Listening, whether that is to music (as the dancer becomes one with the music), or to the Spirit, or to the sounds of nature, or any one of a number of levels, has always been a keen interest of mine.  Even just the act of creating is an act of listening, whether that is to the rumblings in my own spirit, or the way the clay wants to go, or to the Father calling me to see the world through His eyes...

Just added some of that into the description.

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