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Attitude!!

Preparation.  Made lots of clay anticipating the larger sculptures ahead. Line came by and after sketching a bunch of poses, we found a very natural one with lots of attitude with her leaning against the wall, hand on hip chin up.   So important to get a good pose before investing lots of hours in sculpting, making forms etc… I’ll post the process as I go.  It was her first time modelling and she seemed to enjoy the idea of seeing a sculpture develop. Very good at keeping a pose and had a great attitude, not shy at all. We finally found a pose that was hers and not something I had in mind, it seems to go much better like that in the end result. I learned that from my last exhibition, the more natural, the better.  I haven’t decided if it will be half life size or life size. I think I should be bold and go for it!

W. H. Murray in The Scottish Himalaya Expedition, 1951. There the text apparently goes:
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.  I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets:

                                                Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
                                                    Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!’