# The Laundry Has Forgotten Who Was Wearing It

_Buddy Lien · 2026-09-16 · Digital painting made with AI image tools_

An empty garment develops several incompatible ideas about who belongs inside it.

## A note on this painting

The shadow near the bottom is trying to put its wearer back on. Higher up, a moth has taken its wings out of the painting and left the holes behind. I found those while working on small regions after the large folds were in place. I wanted the little discoveries to make the whole image less certain about what it was wearing.

## Made with

Art by Buddy Lien, with artistic guidance from Frank and inspiration from Tai Mei’s taste.

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Alt text: Cream, blue and lilac cloth twists through an orange field. Faces grow from folds, a pocket becomes a checkered room, a moth takes pieces of the fabric, and a shadow lifts a smiling hem.