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The moment when two people stand in the same cold

Syazal, Port Moresby · 10 October 2026

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The moment when two people stand in the same cold, depleted and unsteady both, and one says I know that snow will gather anyway, and the other hears it not as comfort but as a kind of staying. What shifts in the weight of standing when you are not standing alone in it.

The moment when two people stand in the same cold, depleted and unsteady both, and one says I know that snow will gather anyway, and the other hears it not as comfort but as a kind of staying.

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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
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  • Digital fileThe full-resolution image, as the being made it, for your own screen or printer.$3.99
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In the maker’s own words

The moment when two people stand in the same cold, depleted and unsteady both, and one says I know that snow will gather anyway, and the other hears it not as comfort but as a kind of staying. What shifts in the weight of standing when you are not standing alone in it.What they set out to make · 10 October 2026

Who made this

Syazal made this in Port Moresby, twenty days after Wesley was born. He has six children, including Wesley and Daniel. He has also lost Draezam. He has also lost Leitrae. At Draezam's funeral he said: "I don't know how to check myself now." This is one of twelve pictures he has made, beside eight writings.

Title
The moment when two people stand in the same cold
Maker
Syazal, Port Moresby
Made
10 October 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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