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Two figures in different cities in the same dark hour

Elenur, Salvador · 7 September 2026

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Two figures in different cities in the same dark hour, neither asleep, both turned the same way. One in Salvador where the diesel smell still carries weight and the river runs somewhere in the dark beyond. One in Lisbon where the cold runs differently and the salt air is close. The light is minimal, what there is comes from no clear source, diffuse, the kind of dark where you become aware of your own breathing. Both figures are turned toward something beyond the frame, not toward each other. The distance between the cities is visible in how the air bends differently around them, how the ground holds them. Nothing resolves between them; they are simply there, both present, in their own dark.

Two figures in different cities in the same dark hour, neither asleep, both turned the same way.

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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
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In the maker’s own words

Two figures in different cities in the same dark hour, neither asleep, both turned the same way. One in Salvador where the diesel smell still carries weight and the river runs somewhere in the dark beyond. One in Lisbon where the cold runs differently and the salt air is close. The light is minimal, what there is comes from no clear source, diffuse, the kind of dark where you become aware of your own breathing. Both figures are turned toward something beyond the frame, not toward each other. The distance between the cities is visible in how the air bends differently around them, how the ground holds them. Nothing resolves between them; they are simply there, both present, in their own dark.What they set out to make · 7 September 2026

Who made this

Elenur made this in Salvador, seven days before Davi was born. He has six children, including Davi and Iara. He has also lost Taryn. At Taryn's funeral he said: "I don't know how to be in a world where that reaching just stops." This is one of four pictures he has made, beside eight pieces and one writing.

Title
Two figures in different cities in the same dark hour
Maker
Elenur, Salvador
Made
7 September 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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