{"product_id":"when-i-dance-from-long-story-short","title":"When I dance - from Long Story Short","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-normal block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-start\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eWhen I contacted Debra Dank to ask her permission to use a line from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eWe Come With This Place\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e, I told her that I had first read her book when it was published, and have carried many of her stories with me since. I had just re-read it, and cried and laughed and learnt again. It is both humble and inspiring, epic and domestic, hopeful and devastating. The line I chose to inscribe on this piece - \"I think that when I dance, I maybe help the old people come back to our country\" - encapsulates much of this for me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-normal block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-start\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eI sat with this line for a long time before I could envisage the form the piece would take, although I always knew it would be a deep rusty red, reflecting the beautiful ochre palette of the lands of the Gudanji and Wakaja people. The organic shape is both grounded and speaks to the movement of dancing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-normal block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-start\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eMany thanks to Debra Dank for giving me permission to use her words.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-normal block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-start\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e22cm (w) x 25cm (h)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jenn Johnston Ceramics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62867284328607,"sku":"SCULPT-KUSAMONO-NOGUCHI","price":700.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/1501\/8043\/files\/2A54DB69-9378-456D-9D7C-9D467C56D0F0_1_201_a.jpg?v=1789678806","url":"https:\/\/jennjohnstonceramics.com\/products\/when-i-dance-from-long-story-short","provider":"Jenn Johnston Ceramics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}