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

Anti-Aliasing

Cover image for the Anti-Aliasing word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Ioia

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

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Leidenfreude

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

Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Sayfish

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

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Angosis

a table full of food

Kairosclerosis

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