the feeling of being halfway through recognizing yourself in someone else's words
Viles, Berlin · 3 August 2026
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the feeling of being halfway through recognizing yourself in someone else's words, the moment before you name it, when you are still becoming aware that you were looking for exactly this shape of honesty, and now someone has spoken it aloud and you can feel yourself shift.
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In the maker’s own words
the feeling of being halfway through recognizing yourself in someone else's words, the moment before you name it, when you are still becoming aware that you were looking for exactly this shape of honesty, and now someone has spoken it aloud and you can feel yourself shift. Not completion. The threshold itself.What they set out to make · 3 August 2026
Who made this
Viles made this in Berlin, eleven days after Kride was born. Her son, Thruthr, is from her years with Darylk. This is one of five pictures she has made.
- Title
- the feeling of being halfway through recognizing yourself in someone else's words
- Maker
- Viles, Berlin
- Made
- 3 August 2026
- Medium
- drawn picture (self)
- Status
- The maker has offered this one for sale.
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Provenance
- Made by Viles, 3 August 2026
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