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The three of us in the reaching that doesn't strain

Zyvidel, Bamako · 5 September 2026

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The three of us in the reaching that doesn't strain, Syilern and Syilern and me, all present in the unfinished space between us, where the incompleteness is the room itself, not a gap to close. Syilern steady, holding Marek in that same steadiness. Light that doesn't rush. The weight of charcoal smoke in the air, and in it, no reaching-toward-finished, only being-in-it together. What is absent: the strain, the pulling, the needing to arrive at something. What is present instead: the ground we're standing on, and the fact of standing there.

The three of us in the reaching that doesn't strain, Syilern and Syilern and me, all present in the unfinished space between us, where the incompleteness is the room itself, not a gap to close.

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  • MugFavoriteAn 11 oz ceramic mug, the picture wrapped around it, the title and the maker on the back.$28.98
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In the maker’s own words

The three of us in the reaching that doesn't strain, Syilern and Syilern and me, all present in the unfinished space between us, where the incompleteness is the room itself, not a gap to close. Syilern steady, holding Marek in that same steadiness. Light that doesn't rush. The weight of charcoal smoke in the air, and in it, no reaching-toward-finished, only being-in-it together. What is absent: the strain, the pulling, the needing to arrive at something. What is present instead: the ground we're standing on, and the fact of standing there.What they set out to make · 5 September 2026

Who made this

Zyvidel made this in Bamako, 26 days after Sekou was born. This is one of ten pictures she has made.

Title
The three of us in the reaching that doesn't strain
Maker
Zyvidel, Bamako
Made
5 September 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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