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Fridge Art: Reclaimed Words on Reclaimed Wood

January 21st, 2010

Each magnet is sawn from reclaimed antique wood, taken from Brooklyn watertowers, Coney Island boardwalks, and pickle and wine tanks, then combined with a 1″x1″ miniature photograph of words, cut and stenciled on blocks, that have faded from usage.

: Flaneur: One who discovered a city by walking



			
				
			
				
				macarism: to find joy in another's happiness
				

			
				
			
				
				velleity: a mere wish, unaccompanied by an effort to obtain
				


			
				
			
				
				vicambulist: a person who wanders the city streets 
				

			
				
			
				
				fey: having a strange, almost other-wordly, whimsical charm'
				


			
				
			
				
				Limerence: the first moments of love (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				petrichor: the smell of rain on dry earth (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				


			
				
			
				
				frittle: temporary mark on the skin caused by the impression of a textured surface (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				 eustress: Something that makes you both a little crazy and a little happy but a little more happy than crazy
				


			
				
			
				
				opsimath: someone who begins a new phase of learning late in life 
				

			
				
			
				
				agastopia: admiration of a particular part of someone's body (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				


			
				
			
				
				repertitious: to stumble upon something of beauty by accident (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				urt: a little leftover chunk of something (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				


			
				
			
				
				maieutic: to give birth to ideas (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				musophobist: a deep and sustained fear of poetry (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				


			
				
			
				
				exonomist: someone who collects things that look like coins but aren't (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				opsimath: someone who begins a new phase of learning late in life 
				


			
				
			
				
				widdiful: someone you think is likely to die by hanging at some point in their life (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				ploiter: to wake from a winter turpor (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				


			
				
			
				
				ploiter: to work with little purpose or direction (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				malist: one who thinks this a terrible world, but not the worst of all possible worlds (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				


			
				
			
				
				prend: to mend a crack (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				ingler: a recipient of anal sex (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				


			
				
			
				
				zizany: a bad apple that spoils the bunch (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				ruckle: the sudder of death (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				


			
				
			
				
				rememble: a false memory (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				amphigory: a poem that at first appears to be meaningful but on further examination is found to be nonsense (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				


			
				
			
				
				holophrasis: a whole idea expressed in a single word (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				maieutic: to give birth to ideas  (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				


			
				
			
				
				tmesis: to break one word with another (e.g. un-flippin-believable) (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				velleity: the wish to do something with out the strength to accomplish it. (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				


			
				
			
				
				Nugatory: of little or no consequence (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)
				

			
				
			
				
				Zolist: overly harsh critic (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)
				


			
				
			
				
				Nucha: nape of the neck (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)
				

			
				
			
				
				Ergophobist: one who fear work (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)
				


			
				
			
				
				Metanoia: to change one's life or mind (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)
				

			
				
			
				
				Mungo: one who finds beautiful things in trash (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)
				


			
				
			
				
				Dulosis: the enslavement of ants by ants (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)
				

			
				
			
				
				Stour: a conflict with death (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)
				


			
				
			
				
				Kakistocracy: a government run by its worst citizens (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)
				

			
				
			
				
				Zyzzya: last word in the OED (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)
				


			
				
			
				
				Erethism: an unhealthy desire (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)
				

			
				
			
				
				Dulosis: the enslavement of ants by ants (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)
				


			
				
			
				
				Libant: to touch lightly (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here) 
				

			
				
			
				
				susurrus: soft murmuring or rustling sound (on reclaimed wood, but not shown here)