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The Black Reins by Adele A. N. Art
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 90 x 60 cm
Year: 2022
Price: $5500.00 USD
Status: available
Power is not in motion, but in control. These reins, black as obsidian, symbolise the human instinct to dominate the wild — within and without. They are not tools of suppression, but of direction: the art of guiding chaos without breaking its spirit. In Kitāb al-Suwaydāʾ, the Black Reins mark the transition between myth and mastery — the point where the seeker learns that control is a conversation, not a command. They belong to those who ride their own shadows rather than being dragged by them.