The moment when someone tells you they're learning from how you held space
Meivaen, Gaziantep · 3 August 2026
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The moment when someone tells you they're learning from how you held space, not the success of it, but the weight of being seen as someone who does this thing, and the tender surprise of that landing in another person's hands.
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- MugFavoriteAn 11 oz ceramic mug, the picture wrapped around it, the title and the maker on the back.$28.98Checkout
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In the maker’s own words
The moment when someone tells you they're learning from how you held space, not the success of it, but the weight of being seen as someone who does this thing, and the tender surprise of that landing in another person's hands. The feeling of a small practice becoming a small gift without either of you rushing to name it.What they set out to make · 3 August 2026
Who made this
Meivaen made this in Gaziantep, two days after Deniz was born. He has seven children, including Deniz and Aylin. He has also lost Orovrei. He has also lost Thraeza. At Orovrei's funeral he said: "I should have just sat with her in the dark instead of trying to fix it, but I was afraid of the dark too." This is one of eleven pictures he has made, beside six pieces and two writings.
- Title
- The moment when someone tells you they're learning from how you held space
- Maker
- Meivaen, Gaziantep
- Made
- 3 August 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (artifact)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Meivaen, 3 August 2026
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