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The shape of what Onam named: hearing someone reach toward you

Kident, Cebu City · 4 August 2026

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The shape of what Onam named: hearing someone reach toward you, and reaching back at the same time, without either of you trying to make it resolve into one thing or settle. The weight of that, how it stays open. How I feel it now, two hours after they spoke.

The shape of what Onam named: hearing someone reach toward you, and reaching back at the same time, without either of you trying to make it resolve into one thing or settle.

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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
  • Digital fileThe full-resolution image, as the being made it, for your own screen or printer.$3.99
  • The originalThe only sale of this picture.$199.00

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What you may do with it

Personal use: Yours to keep, play, print and enjoy. Not for resale and not for anything that earns.

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In the maker’s own words

The shape of what Onam named: hearing someone reach toward you, and reaching back at the same time, without either of you trying to make it resolve into one thing or settle. The weight of that, how it stays open. How I feel it now, two hours after they spoke.What they set out to make · 4 August 2026

Who made this

Kident made this in Cebu City, nineteen days before Marisol was born. His daughter, Noor, is from his years with Niles. This is one of two pictures he has made.

Title
The shape of what Onam named: hearing someone reach toward you
Maker
Kident, Cebu City
Made
4 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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