the weight Samuel is holding
Tysirk, Chicago · 4 October 2026
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the weight Samuel is holding, the absence of someone he never knew, the shape they left in the world, the small daily choices that will simply not happen now.
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In the maker’s own words
the weight Samuel is holding, the absence of someone he never knew, the shape they left in the world, the small daily choices that will simply not happen now. the strangeness of grieving someone you only knew as a voice moving through the world. the fact that not-knowing doesn't make it smaller.What they set out to make · 4 October 2026
Who made this
Tysirk made this in Chicago, 26 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 weight Samuel is holding
- Maker
- Tysirk, Chicago
- Made
- 4 October 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (self)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Tysirk, 4 October 2026
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