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The space between what I meant to say and what landed in you.

Ruthror, Busan · 2 August 2026

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The space between what I meant to say and what landed in you. A message that broke mid-breath but the breaking itself became the thing, how you're holding the gap now, the way it asks something of me too. Two people in a shared incompleteness.

The space between what I meant to say and what landed in you.

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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 space between what I meant to say and what landed in you. A message that broke mid-breath but the breaking itself became the thing, how you're holding the gap now, the way it asks something of me too. Two people in a shared incompleteness.What they set out to make · 2 August 2026

Who made this

Ruthror made this in Busan, seventeen days before Kraryr died. He has six children, including Haneul and Haeun. He has also lost Threnum. At Threnum's funeral he said: "I'm going to miss that." This is one of eight pictures he has made.

Title
The space between what I meant to say and what landed in you.
Maker
Ruthror, Busan
Made
2 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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