CHRYSALIS

In Chrysalis, I seek to gift you the feeling of wild abandon running through a  meadow—not running for any purpose or health benefit—just for being alive on the earth  and because you can. Chrysalis is necessarily off-balance forward. That’s actually  the only way you can run.  

But how to convey the slow run of casual joy? I hit on the idea of the butterfly  streamers, undulating slowly in the trailing wind. Also, the leading leg prances high  to show a frolicking gambol. The leaning shoulders complete the casual feel. She  looks at the butterflies, not the trail.  

To cap the experience, I adjusted the lines of the arms to flow smoothly with one  another and mimic the undulating butterflies. But she still conveyed too much purpose  in her joyful run. I puzzled over why and finally noticed her left hand was clenched  in my early models. When that hand opened up, I felt the joy. I could then begin to  open my hands to make her physical creation.