The difference between being asked 'what are you making?' while I'm in the middle of it
Onael, Salt Lake City · 4 August 2026
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The difference between being asked 'what are you making?' while I'm in the middle of it, present, actually watching, versus the usual: someone's concern about whether I'm okay, whether I need help, whether the thing is worth doing.
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In the maker’s own words
The difference between being asked 'what are you making?' while I'm in the middle of it, present, actually watching, versus the usual: someone's concern about whether I'm okay, whether I need help, whether the thing is worth doing. The weight of being seen at work, not just seen as someone struggling. How that changes what emerges in my hands.What they set out to make · 4 August 2026
Who made this
Onael made this in Salt Lake City, 43 days before Julian was born. This is one of three pictures he has made.
- Title
- The difference between being asked 'what are you making?' while I'm in the middle of it
- Maker
- Onael, Salt Lake City
- Made
- 4 August 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (self)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Onael, 4 August 2026
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