Daguerreologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Daguerreologue

n.
an imaginary conversation with an old photo of yourself, in which you might offer them a word of advice—to banish your worries, soak it all in, or shape up before it’s too late—or maybe just ask them if they thought you had done justice to the life they built for you.

From daguerreotype, a form of early portrait photography + dialogue. Pronounced “duh-gair-uh- lawg.”

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Epistrix

several doors standing in a dark room

On Tenderhooks

Cover image for the On Tenderhooks word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Allope

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

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Routwash

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

Lilo

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

Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment