Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Vellichor

n.
the strange wistfulness of used bookstores, which are somehow infused with the passage of time—filled with thousands of old books you’ll never have time to read, each of which is itself locked in its own era, bound and dated and papered over like an old room the author abandoned years ago, a hidden annex littered with thoughts left just as they were on the day they were captured.

From vellum, parchment + ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Ancient Greek mythology. Pronounced “vel-uh-kawr.”

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

Dorgone

Trumspringa

Gaudia Civis

a close-up of a gear

Ecstatic Shock

Flichtish

Altschmerz

Zysia

a kite soaring above an empty landscape

Anaphasia

Occhiolism