Emotional Granularity

The emotion of disappointment advises us to hope for less, and in doing so, makes us feel smaller in the present.

Everything seems to have been possessed by the coarse vibration, so that for at least a few moments, nothing else can be attended to.

The new truth might be as simple as the tale told by a hand stroking our tense shoulders.

Skin hunger is the desire to be touched. Amae is something more. It’s what we feel when we want nothing more than to be held in the arms of someone who loves us,… more emotion Amae

Evening is the name we give to a time of day, but it’s also a description of how we feel during that time. As the day moves forward, we become increasingly unevened. We… more emotion Evening

The Sunday scaries share something of the dreadful anticipation used in horror movies to provoke the audience.

People want to find a place where they belong, a place that equally belongs to them. It feels wretched to be in exile, but few people grow up, live, and die in the… more emotion Unsettled

It feels as if we stand at the mouth of a cave that has kept us safely hidden during dangerous times, worried about what happens if we leave it behind

Sometimes, the history of a word embodies the meaning it has taken on over time. This is the case with the word dreary. When I think of a dreary emotion, I think of… more emotion Dreary

There are many words for emotions of hesitation. Trepidation, for instance, is the feeling of an uncertain beginning. To feel rattled, on the other hand, is to be given second thoughts upon an… more emotion Headlong