Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Karanoia

n.
the terror of the blank page, which can feel both liberating and confining, in both the limitlessness of its potential and the looseness of its boundaries.

Japanese 空の (kara-no), blank. Pronounced “kar-uh-noi-uh.”

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Aponemia

a group of people standing together

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal

Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Starlorn

snow flakes in the dark

Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper

Winnewaw

a person wearing a party hat

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Ironsick

a group of random devices

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Wellium

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

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Apolytus

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

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Dorgone

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

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street