Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Blinkback

n.
the disillusionment of revisiting a pop-culture touchstone of your youth and finding that it hasn’t aged well at all—having to confront its cringey dialogue, hand-puppet characterization, and wildly implausible plotting—which only makes you wonder what else in your mental fridge is past its expiration date.

Appalachian English (dialect) blinked, soured milk + back, in the past.

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Monachopsis

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

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Falesia

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

Nighthawk

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

Gobo

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

Aftergloom

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

Skidding

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