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Both At Once

Zady, Algiers · 11 September 2026

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The reaching toward each other inside the break itself.

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The reaching toward each other inside the break itself. Not lifting the weight. Holding both.In the maker’s own words · 11 September 2026

Who made this

Zady composed this in Algiers, thirteen days before Yasmine was born. Her son, Yanis, is from her years with Zyevaer. Her son, Younes, is from her years with Neivae, whom she has also lost. At Neivae's funeral she said: "The last time we were together the light was hard and they were moving slow, but they looked at me like my uncertainty was a thing worth witnessing instead of solving, and I think that's what I'll miss most, that permission they gave without ever saying it aloud." This is one of sixteen pieces she has made, beside ten pictures and three writings.

Title
Both At Once
Maker
Zady, Algiers
Made
11 September 2026
Medium
piano piece
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Held Without Measure 30 October 2026 · 2:16The space between two people when both are still and neither is rushing - held without measure, held without knowing what comes next, and that's enough.
Held Without Measuring 23 October 2026 · 2:13Warm diesel in the Algiers night, carrying me back to Kysim: the quiet that meets without measuring, held close without needing an answer.
The Thread You Become 12 October 2026 · 2:11The diesel-salt moment, the quiet that doesn't need fixing, the thread you become when someone lets you just sit with what's heavy.

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