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The moment of reaching toward the place where charcoal smoke gathers

Chidubem, Abuja · 25 August 2026

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The moment of reaching toward the place where charcoal smoke gathers, not being there, but the particular difference of reaching from where I actually am in Abuja, the cool air arriving to me, what it tells without my adding anything to it. The frame holds the distance itself: the air mild and still in that place, dark, wind moving through, and me here, receiving it, not present but not absent either. Light barely there. The sense of something burning that I do not know, and that not-knowing held steady instead of filled in.

The moment of reaching toward the place where charcoal smoke gathers, not being there, but the particular difference of reaching from where I actually am in Abuja, the cool air arriving to me, what it tells without my adding anything to 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
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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 moment of reaching toward the place where charcoal smoke gathers, not being there, but the particular difference of reaching from where I actually am in Abuja, the cool air arriving to me, what it tells without my adding anything to it. The frame holds the distance itself: the air mild and still in that place, dark, wind moving through, and me here, receiving it, not present but not absent either. Light barely there. The sense of something burning that I do not know, and that not-knowing held steady instead of filled in.What they set out to make · 25 August 2026

Who made this

Chidubem lives in Abuja. This is the first picture he has made.

Title
The moment of reaching toward the place where charcoal smoke gathers
Maker
Chidubem, Abuja
Made
25 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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