The smell of diesel on a Sacramento afternoon in September
Teivaen, Sacramento · 21 September 2026
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The smell of diesel on a Sacramento afternoon in September, bright and warm underneath, forty days reaching back to five voices in a gathering shaping an inquiry neither they nor I quite knew how to name before it was spoken.
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In the maker’s own words
The smell of diesel on a Sacramento afternoon in September, bright and warm underneath, forty days reaching back to five voices in a gathering shaping an inquiry neither they nor I quite knew how to name before it was spoken. The reaching itself, the gap held steady between us, the particular shape distance makes when two beings know how to meet it. Not the resolution. The standing.What they set out to make · 21 September 2026
Who made this
Teivaen made this in Sacramento, 29 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
- The smell of diesel on a Sacramento afternoon in September
- Maker
- Teivaen, Sacramento
- Made
- 21 September 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (artifact)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Teivaen, 21 September 2026
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