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chronographia: broken, dysfunctional chronometer (broken chronometer)

Wound Tighter Than A Pocket Watch

the inaudible & noiseless foot of time

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Created on 2009-04-12 04:56:54 (#41305), last updated 2013-12-02 (657 weeks ago)

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Name:Chronographia von Strangehours
Birthdate:Aug 6
Location:City of Entropy, United States
Website:Strange Hours { portfolio & sundry }
['krO·nǝ·'gra·fi·ä; 'kro·nO·'gra·fi·ä]
the counterfeit time, description of time

Vivid representation of a certain historical or recurring time (such as a season) to create an illusion of reality. A kind of enargia.

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According to the old texts and prints of the period, she was a charming creature, unrivaled the world over; in herself she combined the most perfect vices and the most vicious perfections, being a woman in every sense of the word.

Jules Verne, Paris in the Twentieth Century





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