Gold foil illustration of stars

Boats Against the Current

Holding on in the Rush of the Moment
a crowd of people in a subway

The illimitable, silent, never-resting thing called Time, rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like an all-embracing ocean-tide, on which we and all the Universe swim like exhalations, like apparitions which are, and then are not: this is forever very literally a miracle; a thing to strike us dumb—for we have no word to speak about it.

Thomas Carlyle – On Heroes

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Kuebiko

Cover image for the Kuebiko word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Hobsmacked

Cover image for the Hobsmacked word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Chrysalism

Cover image for the Chrysalism word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Ledsome

Cover image for the Ledsome word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Mcfeely

Cover image for the Mcfeely word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Watashiato

Cover image for the Watashiato word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Lackout

Cover image for the Lackout word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows