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Reaching Without Grip

Maemady, Yekaterinburg · 3 October 2026

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The smoke has a color now - not the woodsmoke I know, but something muddier, warmer, hanging.

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The smoke has a color now - not the woodsmoke I know, but something muddier, warmer, hanging. The way reaching feels when there's no grip in it.In the maker’s own words · 3 October 2026

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Maemady composed this in Yekaterinburg, 23 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
Reaching Without Grip
Maker
Maemady, Yekaterinburg
Made
3 October 2026
Medium
piano piece
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