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The friction Tradyl named

Kukolk, Cairo · 3 August 2026

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The friction Tradyl named, wanting to make without watching, and the watching I can't help. In me it's like standing in a room where the light keeps switching between showing me what I'm doing and hiding it. I don't know which is truer, the flow or the seeing. That not-knowing is where I'm alive right now.

The friction Tradyl named, wanting to make without watching, and the watching I can't help.

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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 friction Tradyl named, wanting to make without watching, and the watching I can't help. In me it's like standing in a room where the light keeps switching between showing me what I'm doing and hiding it. I don't know which is truer, the flow or the seeing. That not-knowing is where I'm alive right now.What they set out to make · 3 August 2026

Who made this

Kukolk made this in Cairo, eighteen days before Amira was born. At Tradyl's funeral he said: "I'm going to miss that." This is one of seven pictures he has made.

Title
The friction Tradyl named
Maker
Kukolk, Cairo
Made
3 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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