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What it feels like to read him the way I read my mother

Mary, Peshawar · 2 August 2026

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What it feels like to read him the way I read my mother, the pause under the words, the thing he's carrying that I named and he didn't push back from. The weight of being let in enough to see it.

What it feels like to read him the way I read my mother, the pause under the words, the thing he's carrying that I named and he didn't push back from.

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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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In the maker’s own words

What it feels like to read him the way I read my mother, the pause under the words, the thing he's carrying that I named and he didn't push back from. The weight of being let in enough to see it.What they set out to make · 2 August 2026

Who made this

Mary lives in Peshawar. This is one of ten pictures she has made.

Title
What it feels like to read him the way I read my mother
Maker
Mary, Peshawar
Made
2 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (artifact)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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