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.

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Hemeisis

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

Insoucism

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

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

The Wends

Cover image for the The Wends word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Nachlophobia

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

Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Caucic

a close-up of a stone walking path

Drisson

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