‘‘Kenopsia
n. the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet—a school hallway in the evening, an unlit office on a weekend, vacant fairgrounds—an emotional afterimage that makes it seem not just empty but hyper-empty, with a total population in the negative, who are so conspicuously absent they glow like neon signs.
‘‘The dictionary of obscure sorrows
n. a quiet, museum-like place that exhibits complex and rarely expressed thoughts and emotions, in a singularly poetic and precise manner. Each description is like gazing into a sparkling silver little pond.
Go and have a look now.
kairosclerosis n. unnecessarily analysing a moment of pure unadulterated joy.
Image: Thought Capture Dreamer by Candice Holdsworth