Karanoia

a neat stack of white paper
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Fear-Anxiety
Excitation-Agitation
Frustration-Overwhelm

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.”

From the Dictionary

Rückkehrunruhe

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

Lookaback

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

Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Altschmerz

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

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall
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