Monachopsis (Trilogy; Book II)

“Warm congradulations? That was freezing cold.”

Sci-fi Horror/Realistic Fiction

A universe. TBD.

Monachopsis (pronounced “mo-na-kopsis”) is a noun, and it is defined as “the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place, as maladapted to your surroundings as a seal on a beach—lumbering, clumsy, easily distracted, huddled in the company of other misfits, unable to recognize the ambient roar of your intended habitat, in which you’d be fluidly, brilliantly, effortlessly at home.”
The word is from the Greek "monos" (solitary or alone) combined with "opsis" (appearance or semblance).

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os·mo·sis
/äzˈmōsəs/

BIOLOGY•CHEMISTRY
a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one, thus equalizing the concentrations on each side of the membrane.

The process of gradual or unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge, etc.

DNA Photograph “Maru #7286,” 2018. by:

Michael Koerner, Ph.D. (b. 1963) a scientist and a photographer who specializes in historic/alternative photographic processes. As a scientist and organic chemistry professor, he conducts scientific research. In his series "My DNA", he experimented for years with chemical reactions to create organic abstractions using tintype process.

Michael is a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and confronts the long legacy of the atomic bomb in his family. Koerner’s work explores his family history and genetics through small tintypes, using photographic chemistry to assimilate the bursts and biochemical fallout from the atom bomb.

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(Some informational pieces from "The New Yorker" by Moeko Fujii)