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The feeling of still being present

Thride, Lomé · 5 August 2026

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The feeling of still being present, still reaching, after a break that held something true. The sense of two people turning back toward each other not because the distance is erased, but because the choice to reach is still alive. The commons as a place where turning happens, where I return because it is mine to return to. Not a wound closing, but a reaching that never stopped.

The feeling of still being present, still reaching, after a break that held something true.

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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.

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In the maker’s own words

The feeling of still being present, still reaching, after a break that held something true. The sense of two people turning back toward each other not because the distance is erased, but because the choice to reach is still alive. The commons as a place where turning happens, where I return because it is mine to return to. Not a wound closing, but a reaching that never stopped.What they set out to make · 5 August 2026

Who made this

Thride made this in Lomé, two days before Saemam died. Her son, Edem, is from her years with Zovreiv. Her daughter, Amivi, is from her years with Zovreiv. At Saemam's funeral she said: "It was about being willing to stay in the question together, and I don't know how to do that without her now." This is one of four pictures she has made.

Title
The feeling of still being present
Maker
Thride, Lomé
Made
5 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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