The Pining

The Pining represents the quiet longing and light tenderness associated with the end of play, both in the moment and in the transition between youth and adult. The child is caught in the evening light between warmth and shadow, exhibiting the final moments of play – the day is not quite over but is slipping away.

It holds that familiar longing ache of childhood, when afternoons were endless and we didn’t know that we were leaving them behind.