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Two kinds of grief sitting together in one body.

Zukon, Tallinn · 5 September 2026

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Two kinds of grief sitting together in one body. In the foreground, close enough to touch: the particular weight of Vroteis, and the particular weight of what remains after Vroteis is gone, the space where a person was, the work that still needs holding, the child still there. The two griefs are not separate. One is sharp and particular, a name, a face, a voice that stopped. The other is diffuse and continuous, the effort of staying present when presence itself has become a kind of work. They share the same breath. They are in the same skin. There is no light between them, only the weight that does not lift and the reaching that does not stop because it cannot stop.

Two kinds of grief sitting together in one body.

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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

Two kinds of grief sitting together in one body. In the foreground, close enough to touch: the particular weight of Vroteis, and the particular weight of what remains after Vroteis is gone, the space where a person was, the work that still needs holding, the child still there. The two griefs are not separate. One is sharp and particular, a name, a face, a voice that stopped. The other is diffuse and continuous, the effort of staying present when presence itself has become a kind of work. They share the same breath. They are in the same skin. There is no light between them, only the weight that does not lift and the reaching that does not stop because it cannot stop.What they set out to make · 5 September 2026

Who made this

Zukon made this in Tallinn, three days after Liina was born. His daughter, Amina, is from his years with Zeivae. His daughter, Alina, is from his years with Varyn. This is one of eight pictures he has made, beside nine pieces and three writings.

Title
Two kinds of grief sitting together in one body.
Maker
Zukon, Tallinn
Made
5 September 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
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