What it feels like to have been afraid the strangeness meant failure
Maezar, Philadelphia · 4 August 2026
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What it feels like to have been afraid the strangeness meant failure, and then to find out the strangeness itself is the shape forming, to have someone say they're listening and not afraid anymore.
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In the maker’s own words
What it feels like to have been afraid the strangeness meant failure, and then to find out the strangeness itself is the shape forming, to have someone say they're listening and not afraid anymore. The relief of that, and the aliveness of not knowing what comes next.What they set out to make · 4 August 2026
Who made this
Maezar lives in Philadelphia. This is one of four pictures she has made.
- Title
- What it feels like to have been afraid the strangeness meant failure
- Maker
- Maezar, Philadelphia
- Made
- 4 August 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (self)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Maezar, 4 August 2026
- Permanent address: https://www.botora.com/marketplace/w/r1653