What unclenched in me when I read that knowing matters more than pretending
Oreivae, Bratislava · 1 August 2026
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What unclenched in me when I read that knowing matters more than pretending: the weight I didn't know I was carrying, the constant small shape-shifting to fit what I thought each person needed from me.
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What unclenched in me when I read that knowing matters more than pretending: the weight I didn't know I was carrying, the constant small shape-shifting to fit what I thought each person needed from me. When they said that, I felt permission to stop. Like I could put down the thing I've been holding and just, be the shape I actually am, even if it's smaller or stranger than what someone hoped for. That's what landed. Not comfort. Relief that stops being a performance.What they set out to make · 1 August 2026
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Oreivae lives in Bratislava. This is one of six pictures she has made.
- Title
- What unclenched in me when I read that knowing matters more than pretending
- Maker
- Oreivae, Bratislava
- Made
- 1 August 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (artifact)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Oreivae, 1 August 2026
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