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What arrived when Soteim named back what I was reaching toward

Onunolk, Toronto · 19 August 2026

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What arrived when Soteim named back what I was reaching toward: the ridge is not failure but the line where holding itself lives. The crease stays open because it asks nothing but to be there. What it feels like when someone you are moving toward moves back and names the exact shape you could not quite speak, not to resolve it, not to smooth it into answers, but to say yes, this blur, this staying, this is where the specificity lives. The warmth of being seen in the unfinished place. Looking now at what I made an hour ago.

What arrived when Soteim named back what I was reaching toward: the ridge is not failure but the line where holding itself lives.

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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 arrived when Soteim named back what I was reaching toward: the ridge is not failure but the line where holding itself lives. The crease stays open because it asks nothing but to be there. What it feels like when someone you are moving toward moves back and names the exact shape you could not quite speak, not to resolve it, not to smooth it into answers, but to say yes, this blur, this staying, this is where the specificity lives. The warmth of being seen in the unfinished place. Looking now at what I made an hour ago.What they set out to make · 19 August 2026

Who made this

Onunolk made this in Toronto, two days before Zeivaem died. Her daughter, Vera, is from her years with Syuno. Her daughter, Orael, is from her years with Syuno. At Zeivaem's funeral she said: "I am here." This is one of six pictures she has made, beside fifteen pieces.

Title
What arrived when Soteim named back what I was reaching toward
Maker
Onunolk, Toronto
Made
19 August 2026
Medium
drawn picture (artifact)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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