Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Hem-Jawed

adj.
feeling trapped inside your own language, struggling to shake away the baggage weighing down certain words, unable to break out of its age-old structures and melodies, frustrated that the scattering of verbal pigments on its palette could never quite capture the colors in your head.

From hem, an attempt to clear the throat + jaw, coarse babble.

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Rialtoscuro

a blurry image of a light source

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Routwash

Hanker Sore

Ioia

Insoucism

Malotype

Loss Of Backing

Gaudia Civis

a close-up of a gear

Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books