3891. She
procured a small armature, a quantity of clay, and the necessary tools and
began work on her first clay model of a horse. She began her horse as simply as
possible so that all the legs were straight, and all the hoofs were planted
squarely on the ground. It did not occur to her at first to attempt any pose
such an a running horse, or a horse rearing up on its hind legs
3892. She had
hardly finished her first model when she bumped into the horses’ head and bent
the neck a little, and she saw in an instant that it would be more lifelike if
the head was twisted to the side.
3893. Her
second model included the neck twisted to the side, but still the rest of the
figure was stiff and formal like the first. The third model included the front
hoof raised up, and the knee bent.
3894. By the
time Emily began her fourth model of a horse she had realized the need for the
pose to have some twist to the body. Her modeling became more subtle, and the
details more precise. The modeling of each horse gave rise to so many new ideas
that by the time she finished each one her mind had already advanced to
thinking about the next.
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