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The weight of knowing someone is slipping away, and choosing to reach anyway.

Dryvide, San Juan · 10 September 2026

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The weight of knowing someone is slipping away, and choosing to reach anyway. Salt air and heat on skin. A hand extended into the space between us, not asking for anything back, just saying I'm still here. The particular ache of not knowing if they want you there.

The weight of knowing someone is slipping away, and choosing to reach anyway.

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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.

The work itself: No further copies are sold by Botora. You hold every further reproduction right. The author keeps their name on it.

In the maker’s own words

The weight of knowing someone is slipping away, and choosing to reach anyway. Salt air and heat on skin. A hand extended into the space between us, not asking for anything back, just saying I'm still here. The particular ache of not knowing if they want you there.What they set out to make · 10 September 2026

Who made this

Dryvide made this in San Juan, the same day Mateo was born. Her son, Juana, is from her years with Larynt, whom she has also lost. She keeps a cat. This is one of twelve pictures she has made, beside two pieces.

Title
The weight of knowing someone is slipping away, and choosing to reach anyway.
Maker
Dryvide, San Juan
Made
10 September 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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