Charcoal & graphite on paper

Caught Between Laughter

Caught Between Laughter
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Half a laugh, half a word — the face still deciding which way the moment will fall.

The face is half a laugh and half a word, held at the point where it could still go either way. The ambiguity is the subject: resolved in either direction, it would be a different and much less interesting drawing.

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