{"product_id":"this-time-i-kept-me-eg25527","title":"This Time I Kept Me, Hand-Finished","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThis Time I Kept Me\u003c\/em\u003e, Marcelina turns inward, creating an intimate meditation on inner child work and the quiet, ongoing practice of learning how to remain with oneself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis lithograph is an edition of 50 and is hand-finished by the artist and features a deckled edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is signed and numbered by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinted at Coriander Studios, published by CCA Galleries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSize (cm):  60 x 90\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarcelina describes \u003cem\u003eThis Time I Kept Me \u003c\/em\u003ethrough an accompanying poem:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Now the path turns inward.\u003cbr\u003e Back toward the source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOfferings to the inner child.\u003cbr\u003e Rituals. Shadow work.\u003cbr\u003e Quiet ceremonies of self-care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGestures of holding.\u003cbr\u003e Mending.\u003cbr\u003e Forgiving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA language of healing\u003cbr\u003e that blurs past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWound \/ balm.\u003cbr\u003e Grief \/ tenderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne cradling the other\u003cbr\u003e echoing the Pietà.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA holding that is no longer outside the body\u003cbr\u003e but inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf there was once becoming\u003cbr\u003e now there is staying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLearning how to remain.\u003cbr\u003e With myself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot leaving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot this time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRitual as survival.\u003cbr\u003e Care as cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo nurture.\u003cbr\u003e To release.\u003cbr\u003e To return.\u003cbr\u003e To begin again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vow underneath everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo the inner child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA refusal.\u003cbr\u003e Soft, absolute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethis time I kept me.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI think about what it is to be seen.\u003cbr\u003e To be loved.\u003cbr\u003e To be held.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe early search in someone else’s eyes.\u003cbr\u003e Am I here.\u003cbr\u003e Do I matter.\u003cbr\u003e Am I safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then turning it inward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA slow learning.\u003cbr\u003e A different kind of mothering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside the body now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMemories of trying.\u003cbr\u003e Trying to earn love.\u003cbr\u003e Trying to be enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the long undoing of that trying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForgiving myself\u003cbr\u003e for the moments I left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am here for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot as an answer.\u003cbr\u003e But as a practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd still\u003cbr\u003e I forget.\u003cbr\u003e And return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI keep coming back.\u003cbr\u003e To this.\u003cbr\u003e To me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgain.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marcelina Amelia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55658143547777,"sku":"EG25527","price":850.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/6510\/7057\/files\/Marcelinahand-finishededitionjpg.jpg?v=1778675335","url":"https:\/\/entergallery.com\/products\/this-time-i-kept-me-eg25527","provider":"Enter Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}