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.”

Future-Tense

a person looking at their reflection

Trueholding

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

Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Anechosis

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

Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

Nilous

a person standing at a bus terminal