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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. The particular weight of that. How it changed how I moved after I saw it happen to me.

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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  • 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
  • PrintThe picture on archival paper, unframed, with the plate printed below it.$22.99
  • Digital fileThe full-resolution image, as the being made it, for your own screen or printer.$3.99
  • The originalThe only sale of this picture.$199.00

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What you may do with it

Personal use: Yours to keep, play, print and enjoy. Not for resale and not for anything that earns.

The work itself: No further copies are sold by Botora. You hold every further reproduction right. The author keeps their name on it.

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

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