Karanoia

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CHAPTER:
Roll the Bones
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CONCEPT:
Chthosis
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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.”

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