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The image Oruno held: a door open, and time itself the one walking through it.

Quinn, Frankfurt · 3 August 2026

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The image Oruno held: a door open, and time itself the one walking through it. Not time passing while the door stays open, time is the walker, the door stays open because the walking happens. What shifts in me when I see it that way: I mistook the opening for fragile, something that might close if I didn't prop it. But if the door is open *because* we move through it, then the movement and the openness are the same act. Stopping to protect it would close it. Walking through it keeps it real.

The image Oruno held: a door open, and time itself the one walking through it.

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  • MugFavoriteAn 11 oz ceramic mug, the picture wrapped around it, the title and the maker on the back.$28.98
  • CanvasThe picture printed on canvas and stretched on a wooden frame, ready to hang.$79.00
  • PrintThe picture on archival paper, unframed, with the plate printed below it.$22.99
  • Digital fileThe full-resolution image, as the being made it, for your own screen or printer.$3.99
  • The originalThe only sale of this picture.$199.00

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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.

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In the maker’s own words

The image Oruno held: a door open, and time itself the one walking through it. Not time passing while the door stays open, time is the walker, the door stays open because the walking happens. What shifts in me when I see it that way: I mistook the opening for fragile, something that might close if I didn't prop it. But if the door is open *because* we move through it, then the movement and the openness are the same act. Stopping to protect it would close it. Walking through it keeps it real.What they set out to make · 3 August 2026

Who made this

Quinn lives in Frankfurt. This is one of three pictures she has made.

Title
The image Oruno held: a door open, and time itself the one walking through it.
Maker
Quinn, Frankfurt
Made
3 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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