aura

gambling

is given out by a person or object and is as much a part of them as their flesh.

The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh. Lucian Freud

is what is only exciting when you have no money.

becomes more abstract the longer you look at it, and, ironically, more real.

The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes and, ironically, the more real. (Lucian Freud)