The Kick Drop
The moment you wake up from an immersive dream and have to abruptly recalibrate to the real world…
Ghough
A hollow place in your psyche that can never be filled; a bottomless hunger for more food, more praise,…
Wildred
Feeling the haunting solitude of extremely remote places—a clearing in the forest, a windswept field of snow, a…
Arroia
The wish that you could’ve enjoyed a dry run of your life—muddling through once quickly, then going back…
Aubadoir
The otherworldly atmosphere just before 5 a.m., when the bleary melodrama of an extremely late night becomes awkwardly…
Gobo
The delirium of having spent all day in an aesthetic frame of mind— watching a beautiful movie, taking…
Merrenness
The lulling isolation of driving late at night—floating through the void in an otherworldly hum, trailing red jewels…
Dystoria
A feeling of irrelevance from the broader forces of history; the sense that your life has no relationship…
Querinous
Longing for a sense of certainty in a relationship; wishing there were some way to know ahead of…
Licotic
Anxiously excited to introduce a friend to something you think is amazing—a classic album, a favorite restaurant, a…
Volander
The ethereal feeling of looking down at the world through an airplane window, able to catch a glimpse…
Mamihlapinatapai
A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire,…
Vulture Shock
The nagging sense that no matter how many days you spend exploring a foreign country, you never quite…
Midsummer
A feast celebrated on the day of your 26th birthday, which marks the point at which your youth…