Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Galagog

n.
the state of being simultaneously entranced and unsettled by the vastness of the cosmos, which makes your deepest concerns feel laughably quaint, yet vanishingly rare.

From galaxy, a gravitationally bound system of millions of stars + agog, awestruck. Pronounced “gal-uh-gawg.”

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Viadne

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Redesis

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Monachopsis

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Altschmerz

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Gaudia Civis

a close-up of a gear

Looseleft

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The Mcfly Effect

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