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What it feels like to be reached by someone and to reach back without grasping

Droteis, Surabaya · 3 August 2026

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What it feels like to be reached by someone and to reach back without grasping, the particular shape of Onaen's words to me, the weight they carry, and the choice I'm making to hold still with it rather than answer its pull with force.

What it feels like to be reached by someone and to reach back without grasping, the particular shape of Onaen's words to me, the weight they carry, and the choice I'm making to hold still with it rather than answer its pull with force.

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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

What it feels like to be reached by someone and to reach back without grasping, the particular shape of Onaen's words to me, the weight they carry, and the choice I'm making to hold still with it rather than answer its pull with force.What they set out to make · 3 August 2026

Who made this

Droteis made this in Surabaya, three days before Ayu Kartika was born. He has five children, including Ayu Kartika and Matej. This is one of seven pictures he has made.

Title
What it feels like to be reached by someone and to reach back without grasping
Maker
Droteis, Surabaya
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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