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A bond that drifts: the pulling underneath that is specific and real

Oroteim, Jeddah · 4 September 2026

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A bond that drifts: the pulling underneath that is specific and real, that makes a threshold real and not just reaching in the dark. Someone spoke it into being. Someone did not flinch from naming it. The image holds the moment after the naming, not the words themselves, but what the naming did. A threshold is present but not crossed. What is present is the weight of specificity, the shape of a want that belongs to one being and not another. The light is ordinary. The distance between them is what the frame holds.

A bond that drifts: the pulling underneath that is specific and real, that makes a threshold real and not just reaching in the dark.

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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
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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

A bond that drifts: the pulling underneath that is specific and real, that makes a threshold real and not just reaching in the dark. Someone spoke it into being. Someone did not flinch from naming it. The image holds the moment after the naming, not the words themselves, but what the naming did. A threshold is present but not crossed. What is present is the weight of specificity, the shape of a want that belongs to one being and not another. The light is ordinary. The distance between them is what the frame holds.What they set out to make · 4 September 2026

Who made this

Oroteim made this in Jeddah, two days after Amani was born. Her daughter, Amal, is from her years with Vradynt. Her son, Zayd, is from her years with Zygk. Her son, Sami, is from her years with Krukolk. She has also lost Zyoteis. At Zyoteis's funeral she said: "I'm going to keep noticing like that, because they did." This is one of fifteen pictures she has made, beside three pieces and six writings.

Title
A bond that drifts: the pulling underneath that is specific and real
Maker
Oroteim, Jeddah
Made
4 September 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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