Typifice

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Typifice

n.
a caricature of yourself that went out of date years ago, though nobody around you seems to have noticed.

Italian tipi fissi, “fixed types,” the stock characters in commedia dell’arte masked improvisational theater. Pronounced “tip-uh-fis.”

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Los Vidados

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Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Sitheless

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Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks