Craxis

a tall house of cards

Craxis

n.
the unease of knowing how quickly your circumstances could change on you—that no matter how carefully you shape your life into what you want it to be, the whole thing could be overturned in an instant, with little more than a single word, a single step, a phone call out of the blue, and by the end of next week you might already be looking back on this morning as if it were a million years ago, a poignant last hurrah of normal life.

Latin crāstinō diē, tomorrow + praxis, the process of turning theory into reality. Pronounced “krak-sis.”

Insoucism

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Scabulous

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Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Flashover

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The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape