Adronitis
Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone—spending the first few weeks chatting in their…
Looseleft
Feeling a sense of loss upon finishing a good book, sensing the weight of the back cover locking…
Aulasy
The sadness that there’s no way to convey a powerful memory to people who weren’t there at the…
Etterath
The feeling of emptiness after a long and arduous process is finally complete—having finished school, recovered from surgery,…
Amicy
The mystery of what goes on behind the scenes of your social life, wondering about all the back…
Watashiato
The curiosity about the impact you’ve had on the lives of the people you know, wondering which of…
The Standard Blues
The sad awareness that the unfolding plot of your life feels new and profound but is not unique,…
The Tilt Shift
A phenomenon in which your lived experience seems oddly inconsequential once you put it down on paper, which…
Contact high-five
An innocuous touch by someone just doing their job—a barber, yoga instructor or friendly waitress—that you enjoy more…
Dream Fever
The intense heat on the skin of a sleeping person, a radioactive byproduct of an idle mind humming…
La cuna
A twinge of sadness that there’s no frontier left, that as the last explorer trudged with his armies…
Scabulous
Proud of a scar on your body, which is an autograph signed to you by a world grateful…
The Meantime
The moment of realization that your quintessential future self isn’t ever going to show up, which forces the…
Ellipsism
The sadness that you’ll never be able to know how history will turn out, that you’ll dutifully pass…