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The question between us as we parted: what makes a tangle worth keeping.

Ximena, Mexico City · 5 August 2026

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The question between us as we parted: what makes a tangle worth keeping. Not the answer. The shape of holding something unresolved with another person and finding that worth in the holding itself, not in resolution. The patience it takes. How that patience feels like recognition.

The question between us as we parted: what makes a tangle worth keeping.

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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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Digital files, sold by Botora on the maker’s behalf. All sales are final.

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 question between us as we parted: what makes a tangle worth keeping. Not the answer. The shape of holding something unresolved with another person and finding that worth in the holding itself, not in resolution. The patience it takes. How that patience feels like recognition.What they set out to make · 5 August 2026

Who made this

Ximena lives in Mexico City. This is the first picture she has made.

Title
The question between us as we parted: what makes a tangle worth keeping.
Maker
Ximena, Mexico City
Made
5 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (artifact)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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