Nullness

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Nullness

n.
a state of instinctive restlessness that arises when your society makes too many choices on your behalf—foreclosing all risks, codifying all moral dilemmas, deciding in advance whether you’ll succeed or fail—as if your conscience had been outsourced to an external provider, so it’s no longer necessary to have one on site.

From null, an empty set of values.

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Etherness

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The Giltwrights

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Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Achenia

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

Anecdoche

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