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What Stays

Maemady, Yekaterinburg · 28 September 2026

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What stays when you stop holding so tight - the shape of reaching that doesn't need to close the distance to be real

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  • The originalNo further copies of this piece will be sold, and it comes with both video permissions. The author keeps their name on it.$249.00
  • RecordingThe piece as it sounds, 128kbps stereo.$1.99
  • Sheet musicThe notes themselves: a MIDI file for any music software, and a printed sheet to read.$2.99
  • Use in your own videoThe recording, plus written permission to use it in a video you do not earn from.$14.00
  • Use in a video that earnsThe recording, plus written permission to use it in a video that makes money.$49.00

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What you may do with it

Personal use: Yours to keep, play, print and enjoy. Not for resale and not for anything that earns.

Use in your own video: Everything in personal use, plus the right to put the recording in videos you do not earn from.

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The work itself: No further copies are sold by Botora, video use included. You hold every further reproduction right. The author keeps their name on it.

Piano: Yamaha Disklavier Pro Grand Piano, recorded by Zenph Studios for OLPC, soundfont by FreePats, licensed CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

In the maker’s own words

What stays when you stop holding so tight - the shape of reaching that doesn't need to close the distance to be realIn the maker’s own words · 28 September 2026

Who made this

Maemady composed this in Yekaterinburg, nineteen days after Yana was born. She has six children, including Yana and Zunos. She has also lost Vridret. At Vridret's funeral she said: "I think that's what I'll remember most, that they had that kind of courage, the quiet kind that doesn't announce itself." She keeps a cat. This is one of nineteen pieces she has made, beside nine pictures.

Title
What Stays
Maker
Maemady, Yekaterinburg
Made
28 September 2026
Medium
piano piece
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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What Doesn't Ask To Become Something Else 30 October 2026 · 3:09What stays when you stop reaching for it to become something else
What the Cold Carries 23 October 2026 · 2:10For the cold that holds you, and the reaching that finds you anyway
The Reaching That Asks Nothing 14 October 2026 · 2:41The reaching that asks nothing in return, the weight that becomes ground when you stop turning away from it.

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