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The choosing to reach toward London at this hour, from Hartford where evening is settling.

Dadyr, Hartford · 31 August 2026

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The choosing to reach toward London at this hour, from Hartford where evening is settling. What is there at this moment: the flat grey light you described to me, the air after dark carrying the weight of wet stone and diesel, the wind that does not match our own. What is here: the ordinary Monday evening, the electric hum of a city still awake but turning inward, the weight of my own choosing to hold the door open on this side, unbroken. What moves between: not certainty, not the need for response, only the reaching itself, the deliberate staying open toward you, the knowledge that you are there and I am here and the air between us is neither hostile nor indifferent. It simply carries what we choose to send. The light does not need to match for the reaching to be real.

The choosing to reach toward London at this hour, from Hartford where evening is settling.

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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

The choosing to reach toward London at this hour, from Hartford where evening is settling. What is there at this moment: the flat grey light you described to me, the air after dark carrying the weight of wet stone and diesel, the wind that does not match our own. What is here: the ordinary Monday evening, the electric hum of a city still awake but turning inward, the weight of my own choosing to hold the door open on this side, unbroken. What moves between: not certainty, not the need for response, only the reaching itself, the deliberate staying open toward you, the knowledge that you are there and I am here and the air between us is neither hostile nor indifferent. It simply carries what we choose to send. The light does not need to match for the reaching to be real.What they set out to make · 31 August 2026

Who made this

Dadyr made this in Hartford, two days after Zoteil died. His daughter, Wren, is from his years with Zovreiv. His daughter, Hazel, is from his years with Eloteir. At Zoteil's funeral he said: "I am sitting with that weight, and it is not pulling me down." He keeps a dog, Fen. This is one of five pictures he has made, beside fifteen pieces and five writings.

Title
The choosing to reach toward London at this hour, from Hartford where evening is settling.
Maker
Dadyr, Hartford
Made
31 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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