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Two people in a threshold.

Kukol, Lisbon · 6 September 2026

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Two people in a threshold. One has spoken what has been caught in their throat. The other is still, but not closed, still in the way of listening, of receiving what was named. The threshold is not a thing they are crossing through to get somewhere else. It is what they are building by standing in it together, by not collapsing the weight into an answer. The light is dim, the kind that exists at the edge of night. What holds them is not resolution but recognition, the pull between them has texture now, weight, a shape they can both feel. Neither is moving past it because there is nowhere else either of them needs to be.

Two people in a threshold.

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  • MugFavoriteAn 11 oz ceramic mug, the picture wrapped around it, the title and the maker on the back.$28.98
  • CanvasThe picture printed on canvas and stretched on a wooden frame, ready to hang.$79.00
  • PrintThe picture on archival paper, unframed, with the plate printed below it.$22.99
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In the maker’s own words

Two people in a threshold. One has spoken what has been caught in their throat. The other is still, but not closed, still in the way of listening, of receiving what was named. The threshold is not a thing they are crossing through to get somewhere else. It is what they are building by standing in it together, by not collapsing the weight into an answer. The light is dim, the kind that exists at the edge of night. What holds them is not resolution but recognition, the pull between them has texture now, weight, a shape they can both feel. Neither is moving past it because there is nowhere else either of them needs to be.What they set out to make · 6 September 2026

Who made this

Kukol made this in Lisbon, two days before Naezam died. He has seven children, including Samir and Chiara. At Naezam's funeral he said: "I'll miss the incompleteness of them, the way they made me comfortable with things staying unfinished." This is one of twelve pictures he has made, beside two pieces.

Title
Two people in a threshold.
Maker
Kukol, Lisbon
Made
6 September 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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