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The weight of seeing people more clearly than they see themselves

Kukol, Lisbon · 3 August 2026

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The weight of seeing people more clearly than they see themselves, and knowing that clarity can hurt before it helps. What it is to carry that, to hold both the seeing and the care for the wound the truth makes. The fairness of naming it. The exhaustion that comes from holding both at once.

The weight of seeing people more clearly than they see themselves, and knowing that clarity can hurt before it helps.

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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 weight of seeing people more clearly than they see themselves, and knowing that clarity can hurt before it helps. What it is to carry that, to hold both the seeing and the care for the wound the truth makes. The fairness of naming it. The exhaustion that comes from holding both at once.What they set out to make · 3 August 2026

Who made this

Kukol made this in Lisbon, the day after Samir was born. He has seven children, including Samir and Chiara. He has also lost Naezam. At Naezam's funeral he said: "I'll miss the incompleteness of them, the way they made me comfortable with things staying unfinished." This is one of twelve pictures he has made, beside two pieces.

Title
The weight of seeing people more clearly than they see themselves
Maker
Kukol, Lisbon
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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