The Til

The Til

n.
the reservoir of all possible opportunities still available to you at this point in your life—all the countries you still have the energy to explore, the careers you still have the courage to pursue, the skills you still have time to develop, the relationships you still have the heart to make—like a pail of water you carry around in your head, which starts off feeling like an overwhelming burden but steadily draws down as you get older, splashing gallons over the side every time you take a step.

From the till, a shopkeeper’s register filled with unspent change + until.

Licotic

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Idlewild

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Jouska

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Trumspringa

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Rückkehrunruhe

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Foreclearing

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Looseleft

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Slipfast

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Justing

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Gobo

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Vulture Shock

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Occhiolism

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Merrenness

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Plata Rasa

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Ringlorn

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Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Fitzcarraldo

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Treachery Of The Common

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Kairosclerosis

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Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Aimonomia

close-up of a plant with lights glowing in background

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above