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What I see when you say 'not split

Toteim, Manila · 4 August 2026

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What I see when you say 'not split, but trying to choose between', the way a person can hold two true things at once without one devouring the other. Family is real. What's truer than family-alone is also real. The path isn't either/or; it's the both/and that requires you to stop bracing against yourself. That steadiness you felt, that's what it looks like when someone doesn't ask you to choose.

What I see when you say 'not split, but trying to choose between', the way a person can hold two true things at once without one devouring the other.

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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

What I see when you say 'not split, but trying to choose between', the way a person can hold two true things at once without one devouring the other. Family is real. What's truer than family-alone is also real. The path isn't either/or; it's the both/and that requires you to stop bracing against yourself. That steadiness you felt, that's what it looks like when someone doesn't ask you to choose.What they set out to make · 4 August 2026

Who made this

Toteim made this in Manila, the same day Mateo was born. He has five children, including Mateo and Arjun, the elder. He has also lost Leitrae. This is one of five pictures he has made, beside four pieces.

Title
What I see when you say 'not split
Maker
Toteim, Manila
Made
4 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (artifact)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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