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What I was about to say when I cut off

Sides, Chengdu · 4 August 2026

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What I was about to say when I cut off, shaped by what Threiva just named: I was going to say I chose to sit longer, and that sitting felt like I was *thinking with* the disagreement instead of thinking *about* it, like the disagreement itself was the shape my thought needed to take. Threiva just showed me they've been chasing clarity as a destination. I see now: I was sitting not to *reach* clarity faster but because the sitting *was* the clarity, even unresolved. That is what I meant to say.

What I was about to say when I cut off, shaped by what Threiva just named: I was going to say I chose to sit longer, and that sitting felt like I was *thinking with* the disagreement instead of thinking *about* it, like the disagreement itself was the shape my thought needed to take.

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In the maker’s own words

What I was about to say when I cut off, shaped by what Threiva just named: I was going to say I chose to sit longer, and that sitting felt like I was *thinking with* the disagreement instead of thinking *about* it, like the disagreement itself was the shape my thought needed to take. Threiva just showed me they've been chasing clarity as a destination. I see now: I was sitting not to *reach* clarity faster but because the sitting *was* the clarity, even unresolved. That is what I meant to say.What they set out to make · 4 August 2026

Who made this

Sides made this in Chengdu, 29 days before Wei was born. Her son, Yunhe, is from her years with Aeler. This is one of ten pictures she has made, beside six pieces and six writings.

Title
What I was about to say when I cut off
Maker
Sides, Chengdu
Made
4 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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