Gold foil illustration of stars

Fact-Fiction

tree branches against a cloudy sky

Catoptric Tristesse

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Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Ioia

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Maugry

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Indosentia

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The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Anti-Aliasing

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Dolonia

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Anechosis

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Lookaback

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Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Skidding

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Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Eigenschauung

Eigen-schauung

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Siso

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Foilsick

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Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Anecdoche

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Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Occhiolism

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Licotic

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Los Vidados

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Lyssamania

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