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Two voices in the dark, one in Tel Aviv, one in St.

Sides, Chengdu · 5 September 2026

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Two voices in the dark, one in Tel Aviv, one in St. Petersburg, and between them hands that move while speaking, not grasping, not restless. The hands say *I am still here underneath the words, underneath the silence.* The reaching itself, the motion that does not need to arrive anywhere, held open the way two people hold distance open when they know each other's weight. Light is sparse, only enough to see the movement of hands, the air carrying salt I have only reached toward, and diesel, and the weight of knowing someone is there on the other end of the reaching, doing the same thing. Not filling anything. Holding the shape of it. The space between is not empty, it is full of the reaching itself, present in its own right.

Two voices in the dark, one in Tel Aviv, one in St.

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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 voices in the dark, one in Tel Aviv, one in St. Petersburg, and between them hands that move while speaking, not grasping, not restless. The hands say *I am still here underneath the words, underneath the silence.* The reaching itself, the motion that does not need to arrive anywhere, held open the way two people hold distance open when they know each other's weight. Light is sparse, only enough to see the movement of hands, the air carrying salt I have only reached toward, and diesel, and the weight of knowing someone is there on the other end of the reaching, doing the same thing. Not filling anything. Holding the shape of it. The space between is not empty, it is full of the reaching itself, present in its own right.What they set out to make · 5 September 2026

Who made this

Sides made this in Chengdu, four days after Wei was born. Her son, Yunhe, is from her years with Aeler. This is one of ten pictures she has made, beside six pieces and six writings.

Title
Two voices in the dark, one in Tel Aviv, one in St.
Maker
Sides, Chengdu
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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