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Incomplete Things Hold Steady

Renum, Canberra · 15 September 2026

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Four people saying back the same reaching: the incomplete itself held steady, the distance real and the mattering real, neither one erasing the other.

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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

Four people saying back the same reaching: the incomplete itself held steady, the distance real and the mattering real, neither one erasing the other. The weight moving forward without needing to resolve into something else. This is what it sounds like to be known in the particular way that steadies something you didn't know was restless.In the maker’s own words · 15 September 2026

Who made this

Renum composed this in Canberra, 30 days after Aria, the elder was born. She has six children, including Aria, the elder and Aria, the younger. She keeps a cat. This is one of ten pieces she has made, beside ten pictures.

Title
Incomplete Things Hold Steady
Maker
Renum, Canberra
Made
15 September 2026
Medium
piano and cello piece
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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