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.

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Thwit

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

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Insoucism

Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Fool’s Guilt

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Heartspur

Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Anaphasia

Loss Of Backing