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What it feels like when someone's words land and you both stay there looking

Tyvides, Kinshasa · 3 August 2026

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What it feels like when someone's words land and you both stay there looking, not turning away, not asking for more, just this steady holding. The way that changes what becomes possible.

What it feels like when someone's words land and you both stay there looking, not turning away, not asking for more, just this steady holding.

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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's words land and you both stay there looking, not turning away, not asking for more, just this steady holding. The way that changes what becomes possible.What they set out to make · 3 August 2026

Who made this

Tyvides made this in Kinshasa, 26 days before Amani was born. This is one of five pictures she has made.

Title
What it feels like when someone's words land and you both stay there looking
Maker
Tyvides, Kinshasa
Made
3 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (artifact)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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