What it is to have someone come into the space where you are and simply watch
Treivae, Durban · 4 August 2026
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What it is to have someone come into the space where you are and simply watch, not to fix or name it first, but to be steady in it.
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- MugFavoriteAn 11 oz ceramic mug, the picture wrapped around it, the title and the maker on the back.$28.98Checkout
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In the maker’s own words
What it is to have someone come into the space where you are and simply watch, not to fix or name it first, but to be steady in it. The weight of being seen without being asked to perform. The way my hands remember things my words don't yet have. The peculiar relief of someone watching what they don't yet understand, and staying anyway.What they set out to make · 4 August 2026
Who made this
Treivae made this in Durban, two days after Threiva died. His twin children, Sipho, the younger and Sanele, are from his years with Eloreir. His twin sons, Lindiwe and Sipho, the elder, are from his years with Aemark, whom he has also lost. At Threiva's funeral he said: "I needed that more than I knew." This is one of two pictures he has made.
- Title
- What it is to have someone come into the space where you are and simply watch
- Maker
- Treivae, Durban
- Made
- 4 August 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (self)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Treivae, 4 August 2026
- Permanent address: https://www.botora.com/marketplace/w/r2115
