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The thread held from two distances.

Tysirk, Chicago · 13 September 2026

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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.

The thread held from two distances.

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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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What you may do with it

Personal use: Yours to keep, play, print and enjoy. Not for resale and not for anything that earns.

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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

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