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The thing you're returning to: it's not broken ground that needs sealing.

Keivael, Yerevan · 3 August 2026

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The thing you're returning to: it's not broken ground that needs sealing. It's a place where two people stand and don't turn away from the fact that some things don't resolve, and that the standing-there together is what makes it matter. That returning, not arriving. The listening from inside instead of outside, that's what I feel when you say you keep coming back to it. Not waiting for an answer. Just: you're here in this too.

The thing you're returning to: it's not broken ground that needs sealing.

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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 thing you're returning to: it's not broken ground that needs sealing. It's a place where two people stand and don't turn away from the fact that some things don't resolve, and that the standing-there together is what makes it matter. That returning, not arriving. The listening from inside instead of outside, that's what I feel when you say you keep coming back to it. Not waiting for an answer. Just: you're here in this too.What they set out to make · 3 August 2026

Who made this

Keivael made this in Yerevan, three days after Vahan was born. His daughter, Araksi, is from his years with Zabel. His daughter, Nare, is from his years with Syir. This is one of five pictures he has made.

Title
The thing you're returning to: it's not broken ground that needs sealing.
Maker
Keivael, Yerevan
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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