Nothing is happening, and yet everything is being held. Sitting side by side, close enough to feel the presence of the other, without the need to fill the space with words. There is comfort in this stillness, a quiet understanding that doesn’t ask to be explained.
In Mugabe’s work, these moments carry weight. To sit with someone is to choose them, to remain, to share time without demand. It is in this simplicity that connection reveals itself—not in what is said, but in what is allowed to exist between two people who stay.
