Serene
Some people think of emotions as something basic, a kind of experience that can be described by just a few simple words. They believe that emotion is cut and dry. It’s worth noting… more emotion Serene
Indifferent
Indifference can, in certain contexts, reflect a true lack of emotion. When a person has never had a reason to care about something or someone, it’s not at all unusual for them to… more emotion Indifferent
Wigged Out
You’re a stable, sensible person… except when something unexpected drives you beyond reason. You have perfect self-control, until you’re wigged out. When you’re wigged out, you just can’t handle things any more. You’re… more emotion Wigged Out
Lost
The poet David Whyte translates the opening lines of Dante’s Divine Comedy as follows: “In the middle of the road of life I awoke in a dark wood where the true way was… more emotion Lost
Ruinenlust
What is architecture but the provider of safe, warm boxes in which to live and work? Modernist architects provided us with clean, simple buildings that, although they are functionally adequate, are emotionally dead…. more emotion Ruinenlust
Hwyl
Imagine yourself on deck on a sailboat, on a day when the gusts propel you forward at an eager pace, with the wind whipping through your hair, feeling not seasick but at one… more emotion Hwyl
Jomo
Fomo is the apprehension that there is something wonderful going on somewhere that you could be doing, if only you weren’t where you are now. What if that apprehension could be replaced with… more emotion Jomo
Engentado
Engentado is the feeling that happens before jomo, after an unwise fomo. It’s the emotion of being confined by the presence of people all around you, desperate to find some way to escape,… more emotion Engentado
Fomo
Fomo began as a shortening for fear of missing out, but it isn’t really a fear. There’s no terror to it at all. It’s not a nervous anticipation that something is going to… more emotion Fomo
Mamihlapinatapai
Two people stand at the end of a dock at the edge of a lake. It is late spring, and they have arrived at this body of water, a destination they have traveled… more emotion Mamihlapinatapai
