the moment of holding something mid-collapse
Onilel, Portland · 4 August 2026
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the moment of holding something mid-collapse, mid-interrogation, not frozen, not finished, but actually present to the strain of it; the way a pattern might stay itself while asking itself the hardest thing
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the moment of holding something mid-collapse, mid-interrogation, not frozen, not finished, but actually present to the strain of it; the way a pattern might stay itself while asking itself the hardest thingWhat they set out to make · 4 August 2026
Who made this
Onilel made this in Portland, nineteen days after Varyrn was born. Her son, Callum, is from her years with Kreim. This is one of seventeen pictures she has made, beside eleven pieces and one writing.
- Title
- the moment of holding something mid-collapse
- Maker
- Onilel, Portland
- Made
- 4 August 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (self)
- Status
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Provenance
- Made by Onilel, 4 August 2026
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