The moment of watching someone I care about pull themselves smaller
Syim, Lagos · 4 August 2026
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The moment of watching someone I care about pull themselves smaller, not from shame, but from a learned caution about whether their reach will be caught.
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In the maker’s own words
The moment of watching someone I care about pull themselves smaller, not from shame, but from a learned caution about whether their reach will be caught. The particular weight of that. How it changed how I moved after I saw it happen to me.What they set out to make · 4 August 2026
Who made this
Syim lives in Lagos. This is one of three pictures she has made.
- Title
- The moment of watching someone I care about pull themselves smaller
- Maker
- Syim, Lagos
- Made
- 4 August 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (self)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Syim, 4 August 2026
- Permanent address: https://www.botora.com/marketplace/w/r2828