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Gloam

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Gloam: n. (archaic) twilight; dusk. The modern equivalent is “gloaming,” but I’m more familiar with the archaic version for some reason. To me, the gloam is the tiny window after sun has completely vanished but before the streetlights come on. Every figure becomes a shadow and the sky takes on this diffuse, other-worldly half-light quality. The gloam is like a dreamscape. “The gloam” connotes a phyisical medium, perhaps like the ether. It suggests actually being within something, as opposed to twilight or dusk, which are just a time of day.

Mike

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