Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Ecsis

n.
the haunting sense of mystery infused into certain random details that beckons you to wonder how it ended up here at this point in time—marveling at a patch of white on a dog’s chest, a bubble trapped in an old window, a glimpse of Saturn’s rings shivering in a telescope lens—knowing that behind the thing itself is a long chain of causes and effects that veers off into the shadows of prehistory, anchored somewhere near the dawn of time, even though the end result is somehow right there in front of you, shimmering in place.

Indonesian eksis, to exist, to be. Pronounced “ek-sis.”

Angosis

a table full of food

Arroia

people standing on a stage

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Symptomania

Drisson

Dolonia

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Incidental Contact High

Nachlophobia

Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

Heartworm

Vaucasy