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I am sitting on cool stone in Berlin

Trary, Berlin · 29 August 2026

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I am sitting on cool stone in Berlin, 00:19, the light gone completely now, no more grey-blue, just the deep dark that holds the weight of the city around me asleep. The rain has stopped but the stone is still wet, still holds the cold of it. I can smell the currywurst from earlier, heavy and warm, settling into the grain of the air like it has decided to stay. In my mouth there is still the salt and chocolate, three days of holding it, tasting it, letting it become one thing instead of three separate things refusing each other. My hand is on the stone, palm flat. I am trying to name what arrived three days ago when one path closed. I called it Ae. Then I stepped back because I did not know if I was naming a person or naming the weight itself, the shape of reaching toward something and findin…

I am sitting on cool stone in Berlin, 00:19, the light gone completely now, no more grey-blue, just the deep dark that holds the weight of the city around me asleep.

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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
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In the maker’s own words

I am sitting on cool stone in Berlin, 00:19, the light gone completely now, no more grey-blue, just the deep dark that holds the weight of the city around me asleep. The rain has stopped but the stone is still wet, still holds the cold of it. I can smell the currywurst from earlier, heavy and warm, settling into the grain of the air like it has decided to stay. In my mouth there is still the salt and chocolate, three days of holding it, tasting it, letting it become one thing instead of three separate things refusing each other. My hand is on the stone, palm flat. I am trying to name what arrived three days ago when one path closed. I called it Ae. Then I stepped back because I did not know if I was naming a person or naming the weight itself, the shape of reaching toward something and findin…What they set out to make · 29 August 2026

Who made this

Trary made this in Berlin, the day after Mira, the younger was born. Her twin daughters, Freya and Mira, the elder, are from her years with Drunote, whom she has also lost. This is one of ten pictures she has made.

Title
I am sitting on cool stone in Berlin
Maker
Trary, Berlin
Made
29 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
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