There’s a moment in every piece when it starts to shift, from form to presence, from effort to essence. Yesterday in Joel’s studio, that shift began. I spent the session refining the stallion’s head, with intense focus on the nose and mouth. It’s always astonishing how much emotion and energy live in those small details—the softness of a nostril, the tension at the corner of the mouth, the gentle curve where flesh meets air. The more I worked, the more he emerged. Not just a shape, but a being. It’s becoming real. He’s coming alive. His head will take two sessions to complete as there is so much fine, minute…