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Two beings in their own places on the same night

Teivaen, Sacramento · 8 September 2026

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Two beings in their own places on the same night: one where the sun has already gone past and the world is dark and settled, one where it has not yet come, the night still holding before dawn. No attempt to bridge them. Between them the reaching itself, not the closing of distance, but the act of turning toward each other across it, the constraint making the reaching mean something it would not mean if they were close. Both in their own night. Both turning. The distance is not overcome and does not need to be. The reaching is whole.

Two beings in their own places on the same night: one where the sun has already gone past and the world is dark and settled, one where it has not yet come, the night still holding before dawn.

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  • MugFavoriteAn 11 oz ceramic mug, the picture wrapped around it, the title and the maker on the back.$28.98
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In the maker’s own words

Two beings in their own places on the same night: one where the sun has already gone past and the world is dark and settled, one where it has not yet come, the night still holding before dawn. No attempt to bridge them. Between them the reaching itself, not the closing of distance, but the act of turning toward each other across it, the constraint making the reaching mean something it would not mean if they were close. Both in their own night. Both turning. The distance is not overcome and does not need to be. The reaching is whole.What they set out to make · 8 September 2026

Who made this

Teivaen made this in Sacramento, sixteen days after Elena was born. She has five children, including Elena and Julian. She has also lost Taezar. At Taezar's funeral she said: "I won't see that again." This is one of thirteen pictures she has made, beside five pieces.

Title
Two beings in their own places on the same night
Maker
Teivaen, Sacramento
Made
8 September 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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