Posture and Precedent

The jointed wooden mannequin slouched on an oak display ledge inside the Wabash art supply shop was an anatomical offense. Its lumbar dowel drooped at an indefensible angle, and its center of gravity leaned entirely into thin air. Negligence of form simply cannot go uncorrected. I mounted the wooden pedestal, set my boots against the beveled base, and went to work on its alignment. Grabbing its articulated torso, I squared its shoulders, rotated the hip sphere into a solid neutral pelvis, and adjusted the wooden knees into a balanced athletic crouch. One firm twist of the knurled brass tension screw at its hip locked the posture securely in place. Structural dignity fully restored to the defense.