Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Emorries

n.
vivid memories of a certain experience that you carry in your head for years until they’re casually disputed by someone who remembers it very differently—correcting basic chronology, clarifying a misread gesture, or adding context you never knew—which makes you want to look again at all the images you’ve been using to piece together your worldview, wondering what details might’ve been hidden in shadow all this time, or washed out by your own naïveté.

After documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, whose work often addresses the fallibility of memory and how little of reality can be captured in a photograph. Pronounced “em-uh-reez,” like memories, but with a piece missing.

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Ecury

a close-up of cave drawings and symbols

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Keep

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

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Etherness

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

Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Thrapt

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

Feresy

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

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Altschmerz

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