{"product_id":"original-oil-painting-refused-to-sink","title":"Original Oil Painting - “Refused to Sink”","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on Canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e24 × 24 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRefuse to Sink\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are moments when becoming more fully yourself is not about pushing harder. It is about refusing to disappear beneath the weight of what no longer belongs to you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRefuse to Sink\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a woman floats almost effortlessly through a Palm Springs pool, her dress spreading beneath the surface like another landscape. Her eyes are closed. There is no struggle, no performance, no attempt to prove anything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title carries a contradiction I love: refusing to sink doesn’t have to look like fighting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSometimes it looks like trust. Sometimes it is releasing the weight, allowing yourself to be carried, and discovering that the life that fits you best may feel lighter than the one you were trying so hard to hold together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe isn’t surviving the water.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe has remembered how to float.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karen Ann Jones ~ artist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52232898412839,"sku":null,"price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1600\/9449\/files\/9A04EB5E-5329-41DB-9E20-CE8143A76DCA.jpg?v=1791170859","url":"https:\/\/sunday-jones-art.myshopify.com\/products\/original-oil-painting-refused-to-sink","provider":"Karen Ann Jones ~ artist","version":"1.0","type":"link"}