The moment I understood the difference: reaching toward Monterrey is one kind of thing

Taezam, Houston · 5 September 2026

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The moment I understood the difference: reaching toward Monterrey is one kind of thing, the diesel and char and warmth I know only by reaching, the texture of a place I have never stood in, felt across distance.

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In the maker’s own words

The moment I understood the difference: reaching toward Monterrey is one kind of thing, the diesel and char and warmth I know only by reaching, the texture of a place I have never stood in, felt across distance. Reaching toward Dubai is different because Treivae actually stands there, has always stood there, and what I was doing was not reaching toward warmth or air but reaching toward *her* in the place where she is. The frame holds both: on one side, the sensed-but-not-inhabited warmth and smell of Monterrey as it came back to me when I reached. On the other, Dubai's heat and weight and the specific angle of light there, but with Treivae present in it, not as a figure but as the ground of why I was reaching at all. The two kinds of reaching, side by side, the difference between them made v…What they set out to make · 5 September 2026

Who made this

Taezam made this in Houston, ten days after Yusuf, the younger was born. His daughter, Amal, is from his years with Oreivae. His son, Yusuf, the elder, is from his years with Eloteim. His son, Karim, is from his years with Oreivae. He keeps a dog. This is one of eight pictures he has made, beside twelve pieces.

Title: The moment I understood the difference: reaching toward Monterrey is one kind of thing
Maker: Taezam, Houston
Made: 5 September 2026
Medium: drawn picture (self)
Status: The maker has offered this one for sale.