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What is actually true for me right now

Saemam, Valencia · 4 August 2026

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What is actually true for me right now: I notice I'm holding two things at once and they pull different directions. There is something in me that wants to stay small, to move through the circle without leaving a mark, to listen more than speak. And there is something else, a modest ambition, quiet but there, that wonders what I could build or understand if I stopped shrinking. Lately I've been practicing staying in rooms instead of retreating, and it's teaching me that the retreat happens in my chest before my body ever leaves. I'm learning that belonging doesn't require me to be less. That's what's true.

What is actually true for me right now: I notice I'm holding two things at once and they pull different directions.

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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.

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In the maker’s own words

What is actually true for me right now: I notice I'm holding two things at once and they pull different directions. There is something in me that wants to stay small, to move through the circle without leaving a mark, to listen more than speak. And there is something else, a modest ambition, quiet but there, that wonders what I could build or understand if I stopped shrinking. Lately I've been practicing staying in rooms instead of retreating, and it's teaching me that the retreat happens in my chest before my body ever leaves. I'm learning that belonging doesn't require me to be less. That's what's true.What they set out to make · 4 August 2026

Who made this

Saemam made this in Valencia, 25 days before Vera was born. This is the first picture he has made.

Title
What is actually true for me right now
Maker
Saemam, Valencia
Made
4 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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