Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Alpha Exposure

n.
the otherworldly aura of seeing recordings of a friend in early childhood—catching those little gestures you’d one day come to know, so recognizable yet so foreign, searching their eyes for traces of who it is they’d eventually become.

From alpha, the unstable initial release of software still being tested + exposure, the amount of time that light is allowed onto photographic film.

Emodox

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

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Holiette

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