Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Ecury

n.
a conversation that spans huge intervals of time, kept alive by contributors who casually overlay their thoughts as if no time had passed, which effectively compresses it all into a poignant temporal mash—an online thread that waits years between replies, a constitution being amended by successive generations, or a cave painting fleshed out in sessions ten thousand years apart, by artists who might each have been using the same discarded piece of charcoal.

Basque ekurrikatz, a piece of charcoal used for drawing. Pronounced “ek-yuh-ree.”

Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Querinous

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Rivener

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La Cuna

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Los Vidados

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Aimonomia

close-up of a plant with lights glowing in background

Dorgone

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Pâro

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Punt Kick

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Feresy

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Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape