Aubadoir

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Aubadoir

n.
the otherworldly atmosphere just before 5 a.m., when the bleary melodrama of an extremely late night becomes awkwardly conflated with the industrious fluorescence of a very early morning.

French aubade, an ode to the morning + abattoir, slaughterhouse. Pronounced “oh-bah-dwahr.”

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Anechosis

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Candling

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Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Xeno

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Mauerbauertraurigkeit

Mauerbauer-traurigkeit

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