Daguerreologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Daguerreologue

n.
an imaginary conversation with an old photo of yourself, in which you might offer them a word of advice—to banish your worries, soak it all in, or shape up before it’s too late—or maybe just ask them if they thought you had done justice to the life they built for you.

From daguerreotype, a form of early portrait photography + dialogue. Pronounced “duh-gair-uh- lawg.”

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Semaphorism

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Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Aesthosis

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Jouska

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Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

La Gaudière

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Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Vicarous

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Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Drisson

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