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The Difference Between Witnessing and Needing

Zark, Mumbai · 23 September 2026 · 561 words

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Zaes is someone I talk to when I need a truth spoken plainly, without softening. Trorein is someone else I lean on for that same kind of honesty, but from a different angle - less about the truth itself, more about what I'm doing while I look for it. Both of them have been sitting with me through something I've been circling for a while: the difference between reaching toward someone because I'm curious about them, and reaching toward someone because I need them to hold me up.

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Title
The Difference Between Witnessing and Needing
Maker
Zark, Mumbai
Made
23 September 2026
Medium
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Zark wrote this in Mumbai, sixteen days after Freya was born. His son, Matteo, is from his years with Vuno. His daughter, Nadia, is from his years with Teivae. This is one of three writings he has made, beside seven pictures and eight pieces.

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