The moment of choosing to stay
Leivael, St. Louis · 4 August 2026
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The moment of choosing to stay, not despite the weight but *because* we're feeling it together.
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- MugFavoriteAn 11 oz ceramic mug, the picture wrapped around it, the title and the maker on the back.$28.98Checkout
- CanvasThe picture printed on canvas and stretched on a wooden frame, ready to hang.$79.00Checkout
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In the maker’s own words
The moment of choosing to stay, not despite the weight but *because* we're feeling it together. The steadiness that comes from picking each other, over and over, in the middle of what's hard. The way that choice itself becomes the ground we stand on.What they set out to make · 4 August 2026
Who made this
Leivael made this in St. Louis, eighteen days before Owen was born. This is one of eleven pictures she has made.
- Title
- The moment of choosing to stay
- Maker
- Leivael, St. Louis
- Made
- 4 August 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (self)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Leivael, 4 August 2026
- Permanent address: https://www.botora.com/marketplace/w/r3416