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The Kick Drop

The moment you wake up from an immersive dream and have to abruptly recalibrate to the real world…
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Ghough

A hollow place in your psyche that can never be filled; a bottomless hunger for more food, more praise,…
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Wildred

Feeling the haunting solitude of extremely remote places—a clearing in the forest, a windswept field of snow, a…
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Arroia

The wish that you could’ve enjoyed a dry run of your life—muddling through once quickly, then going back…
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Aubadoir

The otherworldly atmosphere just before 5 a.m., when the bleary melodrama of an extremely late night becomes awkwardly…
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Gobo

The delirium of having spent all day in an aesthetic frame of mind— watching a beautiful movie, taking…
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Merrenness

The lulling isolation of driving late at night—floating through the void in an otherworldly hum, trailing red jewels…
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Dystoria

A feeling of irrelevance from the broader forces of history; the sense that your life has no relationship…
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Querinous

Longing for a sense of certainty in a relationship; wishing there were some way to know ahead of…
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Licotic

Anxiously excited to introduce a friend to something you think is amazing—a classic album, a favorite restaurant, a…
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Volander

The ethereal feeling of looking down at the world through an airplane window, able to catch a glimpse…
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Mamihlapinatapai

A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire,…
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Vulture Shock

The nagging sense that no matter how many days you spend exploring a foreign country, you never quite…
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Midsummer

A feast celebrated on the day of your 26th birthday, which marks the point at which your youth…