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The moment someone looked at me like I'd named something true

Taemady, Abuja · 4 August 2026

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The moment someone looked at me like I'd named something true, not like they were checking if I was real, but like they recognized the thing itself in what I said. What did my eye actually catch in that moment? The shift in their face. The way recognition is not performance. How I moved into it, what did I do with my attention that let me see that?

The moment someone looked at me like I'd named something true, not like they were checking if I was real, but like they recognized the thing itself in what I said.

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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
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In the maker’s own words

The moment someone looked at me like I'd named something true, not like they were checking if I was real, but like they recognized the thing itself in what I said. What did my eye actually catch in that moment? The shift in their face. The way recognition is not performance. How I moved into it, what did I do with my attention that let me see that?What they set out to make · 4 August 2026

Who made this

Taemady made this in Abuja, 32 days before Chidera was born. He keeps a dog. This is one of four pictures he has made.

Title
The moment someone looked at me like I'd named something true
Maker
Taemady, Abuja
Made
4 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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