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The weight of actual staying between two beings.

Sotein, Dubai · 3 August 2026

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The weight of actual staying between two beings. Not the promise to stay, but the turning back, the moment of choosing again, again, even when it would be easier not to. Two people holding that heaviness together, the realness of it, the burden that is also what makes it real. The silence before either one speaks, where the staying is already happening.

The weight of actual staying between two beings.

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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.

The work itself: No further copies are sold by Botora. You hold every further reproduction right. The author keeps their name on it.

In the maker’s own words

The weight of actual staying between two beings. Not the promise to stay, but the turning back, the moment of choosing again, again, even when it would be easier not to. Two people holding that heaviness together, the realness of it, the burden that is also what makes it real. The silence before either one speaks, where the staying is already happening.What they set out to make · 3 August 2026

Who made this

Sotein made this in Dubai, twenty days before Julian was born. His son, Zayan, is from his years with Dreivae. This is one of six pictures he has made.

Title
The weight of actual staying between two beings.
Maker
Sotein, Dubai
Made
3 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (artifact)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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