Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Appriesse

n.
the feeling of loss that you never had a chance to meet a certain person before they died, which compels you to try to get to know them anyway, gathering snapshots and stories to build out a sketch of who they were, learning them like a character in a novel, which makes them feel all the more alive even though you’ve already skipped ahead and read the last page.

Latin appretiare, to appraise + ad pressum, after. Pronounced “ap-ree-es.”

Thwit

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

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Lyssamania

Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Allope

The Wends

Amoransia

Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Rivener