Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Mithenness

n.
the unsettling awareness that the rest of the world happily carries on in your absence, that although things only ever seem to change when you check back in for an update, they’re unwilling to wait for you, and undergo massive shifts while your back is turned—your mother getting older, your old friends becoming different people, your hometown losing some of the hallmarks that made it feel like home.

Middle English mithen, to be hidden away. Pronounced “mith-uhn-nis.”

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Emorries

a magnifying glass over photos and books

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Echthesia

blurry image of two clocks

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Kairosclerosis

Foreclearing

Mauerbauertraurigkeit

Mauerbauer-traurigkeit

Jouska

The Whipgraft Delusion

Loss Of Backing

Anecdoche

Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass