Gnossienne
A moment of awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life,…
Rückkehrunruhe
The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness—to…
Moriturism
The insomnia-borne jolt of awareness that you will die, that these passing years aren’t just scenes from a…
The Dreaming Reality
Chuang Tzu, ancient Chinese Taoist, once experienced a dream in which he was a butterfly fluttering to and fro.…
Oleka
The awareness of how few days are memorable. Another day, another week, another year. We’ve heard this song before. Our…
Sonder
The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passed in the street, has a life as complex…