Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Keta

n.
a random image from your distant past that leaps back into your attention, that doesn’t mean much of anything but is somehow able to keep fighting against the current, swimming back and forth in your mind, still developing.

After a species of salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, which “run” upstream to spawn every year, leaping back to the place they were born; they’re not worth much commercially, but the ketas don’t know that. When we look back on our lives, it’s not just the moments that we remember, not the grand gestures and catered ceremonies, or the world we capture poised and smiling in photos. It’s the little things—the minutes—the cheap raw material of ordinary time. Pronounced “kay-tuh.”

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Keyframe

a large rock in the water with emanating ripples

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Ghough

On Tenderhooks

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Los Vidados

Hickering

Vaucasy