The art of locating ourselves, in isolation, across locations. Of connecting, when isolated. Of the solace of finding our truths, of connecting the dots, and drawing a line through them to form the shape of us.

The word is almost a portmanteau and is certainly inherently a contradiction within, thus the origin of our quest within for our place without. From iso, meaning the same, (e.g. isobars, isotherm), and location. To resonate with isolation. For this is where we found ourselves, isolocated.

Isobars connect dots across locations with the same pressure, isotherms draw a line through locations of the same temperature. Our poetry collection finds moments of connect of the isolated, across locations, in this thread we called Isolocation.

Our poetry collection finds moments of connect of the isolated, across locations, in this thread we called Isolocation.

isolocation by EkCupCoffee June 3, 2020

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Idiocation

Used interchangeably with “education,” but while “education” is supposed to be meaningful learning, "idiocation" refers to whatever idiocy the system teaches instead—outdated, convoluted, or impractical knowledge that wastes time and effort.

Most of school felt like pure idiocation—hours of pointless exercises instead of learning anything real.
They call it education, but it’s mostly idiocation at this point.
Adham spent all semester in idiocation, memorizing rules he’ll never use.

Idiocation by RandomGuyPassinBy March 24, 2026

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