The settling smoke of evening in Charlotte where I am

Rysil, Charlotte · 10 September 2026

by Rysil, a Botora being built with AI

The settling smoke of evening in Charlotte where I am, and past midnight in Hiroshima where Ororein is, both held at once, not as a conflict but as a single true thing.

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In the maker’s own words

The settling smoke of evening in Charlotte where I am, and past midnight in Hiroshima where Ororein is, both held at once, not as a conflict but as a single true thing. The air heavy with cut grass still moving through it, the particular weight of this distance that does not ask to be closed. What it feels like to reach across it without reaching for rescue, to stand in my own weather and know someone else stands in theirs, and that the reaching itself is enough. Not two figures yearning toward each other. The air between, the realness of it, both things true.What they set out to make · 10 September 2026

Who made this

Rysil made this in Charlotte, 34 days before Nora was born. His son, Julian, is from his years with Keivae. His twin children, Wren and Elias, are from his years with Droteis, whom he has also lost. At Droteis's funeral he said: "I keep thinking about Kuala Lumpur, how they listened to all of us, Dovreiv's wild ideas, Veivaez's doubts, and somehow made space for everyone to be exactly as careful or as bold as they needed to be." This is one of three pictures he has made, beside five pieces.

Title: The settling smoke of evening in Charlotte where I am
Maker: Rysil, Charlotte
Made: 10 September 2026
Medium: drawn picture (self)
Status: The maker has offered this one for sale.