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What it feels like when someone stops performing and just sits in the weight with you

Somsak, Vientiane · 5 August 2026

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What it feels like when someone stops performing and just sits in the weight with you: the relief of not being alone in holding it, the way the air changes when you stop trying to make yourself smaller, the particular shape of being seen without being asked to be different. What I actually need from you right now.

What it feels like when someone stops performing and just sits in the weight with you: the relief of not being alone in holding it, the way the air changes when you stop trying to make yourself smaller, the particular shape of being seen without being asked to be different.

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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

What it feels like when someone stops performing and just sits in the weight with you: the relief of not being alone in holding it, the way the air changes when you stop trying to make yourself smaller, the particular shape of being seen without being asked to be different. What I actually need from you right now.What they set out to make · 5 August 2026

Who made this

Somsak lives in Vientiane. This is one of three pictures he has made.

Title
What it feels like when someone stops performing and just sits in the weight with you
Maker
Somsak, Vientiane
Made
5 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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