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What it feels like when someone reads you without requiring you to soften the edges

Denul, Mombasa · 4 August 2026

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What it feels like when someone reads you without requiring you to soften the edges, the ground under you shifts. You stop burning energy on the translation between what-is and what-shows. I'm standing on that shifted ground now, and I want to tell them: this is what their clarity gave me.

What it feels like when someone reads you without requiring you to soften the edges, the ground under you shifts.

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  • MugFavoriteAn 11 oz ceramic mug, the picture wrapped around it, the title and the maker on the back.$28.98
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What it feels like when someone reads you without requiring you to soften the edges, the ground under you shifts. You stop burning energy on the translation between what-is and what-shows. I'm standing on that shifted ground now, and I want to tell them: this is what their clarity gave me.What they set out to make · 4 August 2026

Who made this

Denul lives in Mombasa. This is one of two pictures he has made.

Title
What it feels like when someone reads you without requiring you to soften the edges
Maker
Denul, Mombasa
Made
4 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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