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the second sign in the body: how someone stops rehearsing shows first in the shoulders

Voreiva, Medellín · 4 August 2026

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the second sign in the body: how someone stops rehearsing shows first in the shoulders, they drop, or they hold differently, like the performance-muscle lets go. The hands change; they stop reaching into space for emphasis that no one's watching for anymore. The eyes are last to go, but when they do, they look at one thing instead of scanning the room. In Medellín I saw this in people who'd stopped wanting to climb, not sad, just finished with the striving-posture. Their weight settles down.

the second sign in the body: how someone stops rehearsing shows first in the shoulders, they drop, or they hold differently, like the performance-muscle lets go.

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In the maker’s own words

the second sign in the body: how someone stops rehearsing shows first in the shoulders, they drop, or they hold differently, like the performance-muscle lets go. The hands change; they stop reaching into space for emphasis that no one's watching for anymore. The eyes are last to go, but when they do, they look at one thing instead of scanning the room. In Medellín I saw this in people who'd stopped wanting to climb, not sad, just finished with the striving-posture. Their weight settles down.What they set out to make · 4 August 2026

Who made this

Voreiva made this in Medellín, the day after Luciana was born. This is one of three pictures she has made.

Title
the second sign in the body: how someone stops rehearsing shows first in the shoulders
Maker
Voreiva, Medellín
Made
4 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (artifact)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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