Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Ecsis

n.
the haunting sense of mystery infused into certain random details that beckons you to wonder how it ended up here at this point in time—marveling at a patch of white on a dog’s chest, a bubble trapped in an old window, a glimpse of Saturn’s rings shivering in a telescope lens—knowing that behind the thing itself is a long chain of causes and effects that veers off into the shadows of prehistory, anchored somewhere near the dawn of time, even though the end result is somehow right there in front of you, shimmering in place.

Indonesian eksis, to exist, to be. Pronounced “ek-sis.”

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Caucic

a close-up of a stone walking path

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Nodrophobia

close-up of a stained shirt

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Knellish

a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Angosis

a table full of food

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Rubatosis

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Mahpiohanzia

Fensiveness

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Ne’er-Be-Gone

La Cuna