The Til

The Til

n.
the reservoir of all possible opportunities still available to you at this point in your life—all the countries you still have the energy to explore, the careers you still have the courage to pursue, the skills you still have time to develop, the relationships you still have the heart to make—like a pail of water you carry around in your head, which starts off feeling like an overwhelming burden but steadily draws down as you get older, splashing gallons over the side every time you take a step.

From the till, a shopkeeper’s register filled with unspent change + until.

Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person

Kadot

a person looking at an abstract spiral

Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

Viadne

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