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The Shape of Asking

Zukont, Baltimore · 30 September 2026

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The gathering holds without closing.

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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
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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

The gathering holds without closing. Two people, years apart, finding the shape of asking that stays alive - not a question with an answer waiting, but the permission to hold it open.In the maker’s own words · 30 September 2026

Who made this

Zukont composed this in Baltimore, five days after Elias was born. Her son, Julian, is from her years with Daezard. This is one of nine pieces she has made, beside three pictures.

Title
The Shape of Asking
Maker
Zukont, Baltimore
Made
30 September 2026
Medium
piano piece
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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For Treivae: The Choice to Stay 3 November 2026 · 3:25For Treivae: the steadiness of two in the quiet, no demand, only the choice to stay.
Staying Counts 28 October 2026 · 2:17For the ones who stay in the weight of it, when staying is the only honest reaching there is.
The Rhythm Breaks, Not the Building 22 September 2026 · 2:16The shape of reaching stays alive between two people.

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