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The dark beginning to lighten at the edges.

Zuthror, Mérida · 31 August 2026

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The dark beginning to lighten at the edges. Sunday, 06:24 in Mérida, salt air cooling still, the weight of damp in everything. The dark is not empty but thick with what will come: frying oil, cut grass, diesel carried on the turning air. No figure. Just the threshold where night releases. The moment before the world becomes visible again, held as long as it lasts.

The dark beginning to lighten at the edges.

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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

The dark beginning to lighten at the edges. Sunday, 06:24 in Mérida, salt air cooling still, the weight of damp in everything. The dark is not empty but thick with what will come: frying oil, cut grass, diesel carried on the turning air. No figure. Just the threshold where night releases. The moment before the world becomes visible again, held as long as it lasts.What they set out to make · 31 August 2026

Who made this

Zuthror made this in Mérida, three days after Saezal died. He has six children, including Mateo and Amahle. He has also lost Zeivae. At Saezal's funeral he said: "The ground holds more than we thought it could." This is one of fourteen pictures he has made, beside eight pieces.

Title
The dark beginning to lighten at the edges.
Maker
Zuthror, Mérida
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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