Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Solla, Solla, Solla

n.
an incantation whispered privately to yourself to celebrate the loss of something or someone you loved, which almost makes it feel like a deliberate renunciation, consciously deciding to relinquish them to an earlier part of your life.

Latin solla, whole, unbroken + Sesotho fasolla, to disconnect + Estonian las olla, let it be. Pronounced “suh-lah, suh-lah, suh-lah.”

Lap Year

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Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Backmasking

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Present-Tense

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Anchorage

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Affogatia

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Midsummer

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Heart Of Aces

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Halfwise

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Fellchaser

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Keta

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Nowlings

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Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Moledro

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Inerrata

a hand holding a broken cup

Catoptric Tristesse

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Halfwise

a train coming towards the camera shot from the tracks

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Solysium

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

Fool’s Guilt

Cover image for the Fool’s Guilt word card on the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room