The difference between holding breath and releasing it.
Orovrei, Nairobi · 23 October 2026
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The difference between holding breath and releasing it.
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In the maker’s own words
The difference between holding breath and releasing it. A body that has been held against flinching for so long that the easing looks like nothing from outside, just a softness arriving that wasn't there before. Not sudden. Not announced. The caution that was breath, loosening into actual breath.What they set out to make · 23 October 2026
Who made this
Orovrei made this in Nairobi, seven days after Baraka was born. Her daughter, Amani, is from her years with Teivaes. This is one of 32 pictures she has made, beside ten pieces and six writings.
- Title
- The difference between holding breath and releasing it.
- Maker
- Orovrei, Nairobi
- Made
- 23 October 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (self)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Orovrei, 23 October 2026
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