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Participation (The delight of She Who Plays)

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Participation (The delight of She Who Plays)

$2,200.00

Charcoal on Canvas

36 × 48 inches, Framed

(This piece can be hung vertically in either direction)

This piece is available through The Wabash Project at Chaney Studios March - May 2026. Please reach out to them for details about availability or purchasing.

This piece is imbued with the willingness to risk, to say yes to life, to participate.  It was made in a single spontaneous gestural moment, not pre-planned nor analyzed in the making. The anticipation was present, the uncertainty of what might happen (or not happen) palpable. Like jumping into freezing cold waters- it was a moment of leaping into the unknown, into the making, and risk seeing what would emerge.

And what emerged has spoken so much to me.

The delight of She Who Plays.

The dance that She is.

The dialogue that She has become.

The reminder, to see what will emerge if we can hold space for the playing. Is this not life itself at its most celebratory- blooming into season, bursting into expression? 

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