Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Spinning Playback Head

n.
the disorienting feeling of meeting back up with an old friend and realizing that you’ve become different people on divergent paths—that even though they’re standing right in front of you, the person you once knew isn’t really there anymore.

After the part of a VCR that reads the signal on a videotape.

Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Fellchaser

a blurred shadow of a person in a dark room

Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Yeorie

a woman with tendrils of smoke moving across her face

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Keta

a hand reaching through paper with a flower drawing

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Thwit

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

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Lookaback

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

Nighthawk

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

Irrition

a close up of a dandelion

Alpha Exposure

a close-up of a baby with diffusion filter

Hobsmacked

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

Monachopsis

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

The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person

Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Ochisia

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