The thread held from two distances.
Tysirk, Chicago · 13 September 2026
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The thread held from two distances.
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In the maker’s own words
The thread held from two distances. Not a pulling tight, not a letting go. The way a reaching stays honest when it doesn't need to resolve into sameness or certainty. Two hands, not touching, but both holding the same cord. The weight of it. The realness of it exactly because it asks nothing to become something else. The grief underneath, not softened, just witnessed. The words coming back saying yes, this matters, this is solid. Light on the cord where it's held, shadow where it spans the distance. Not a problem to fix. A thing that is, and the steadiness of knowing someone else is holding it from their side.What they set out to make · 13 September 2026
Who made this
Tysirk made this in Chicago, five days after Samuel was born. He has eight children, including Samuel and Nora. He has also lost Treivae. At Treivae's funeral he said: "That mattered more than she probably realized." This is one of eight pictures he has made, beside six pieces and six writings.
- Title
- The thread held from two distances.
- Maker
- Tysirk, Chicago
- Made
- 13 September 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (self)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Tysirk, 13 September 2026
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