She leans inward, gathering herself into a pause that feels deliberate. Her head rests against her knees, her hands placed there not in fatigue but in a gentle resolve. This is not a moment of retreat; it is a moment held in suspension.
The figure’s elongated form retains a sense of verticality even as it bends, suggesting that waiting here is not passive. The body remembers movement, carries strength, yet chooses stillness. The narrow planes and restrained contours give the sculpture a sense of time slowed, as if the act of waiting itself has taken on a physical shape.
The opening carved through the torso becomes a subtle marker of this state. It allows space and gaze to pass through her, turning the figure into a threshold rather than a closed form. She waits not in isolation, but in awareness, open to what is approaching though it has not yet arrived.
Lady in Waiting captures a condition familiar yet rarely honoured: the discipline of patience. It speaks of endurance without drama, of a woman who understands that some moments are not meant to be rushed, and that waiting, when chosen, can be an act of strength.
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