Indoors

adj. A warm, positive feeling of togetherness and coziness.... more

n. The feeling of butterflies in your stomach from something romantic or cute.... more

v. Taking a break to enjoy coffee, pastries, and conversation with others.... more

n. Homesickness for a place you can't return to or that never existed.... more

n. A gift given to make up for bad behavior.... more

n. Repeatedly checking if someone is coming.... more

n. The degree to which your view of the world is warped by your own presence in it.... more

n. A random image that becomes lodged deep in your brain and grows into a wild and impractical vision.... more

n. The meditative atmosphere of being alone in a bathroom.... more

n. The awareness that you are not at home in the wilderness.... more

n. A twinge of sadness that there's no frontier left.... more

n. A person who has no idea where their home is, leaving their emotional compass free to swing wildly as they move from place to place.... more

n. The unsettling awareness of the world moving on in your absence.... more

n. A feeling of resonant connection with an author or artist you'll never meet.... more

n. The state of feeling trapped inside your own subjective tastes.... more

n. The wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones, knowing that it won't always be this way.... more

n. The shock of meeting someone and realizing your mental image of them is outdated.... more

n. The bittersweet awareness that all things must end.... more

n. The strange wistfulness of used bookstores, infused with the passage of time.... more

n. The maddening thrill of an ambiguous flirtation, quivering between platonic and romantic.... more

n. The feeling of emptiness after completing a long and arduous process.... more

n. The unconscious habit of seeing someone as a representation of someone else, obscuring their true identity.... more

n. The irrational fear that someone you know is angry at you, leading to a frenzy of outrage.... more

n. The sense that you're more than the categories that society puts you in.... more

n. The state of being so familiar with someone that you can be in a room with them without thinking or speaking.... more

adj. Struck by the poignant strangeness of other people's homes.... more

n. The dread of finally pursuing a lifelong dream and facing the test of your true abilities.... more

n. Frustration with the slow process of getting to know someone deeply.... more

n. A flash of real emotion glimpsed in someone across the room.... more

n. The feeling of being stuck on Earth.... more

n. The act of deliberately refusing to learn scientific explanations to preserve the magic.... more

adj. Feeling trapped inside your own language, struggling to break free from its age-old structures and melodies.... more

n. An ill-fated attempt to reenact a beloved memory years later.... more

n. The fantasy of an elaborate diagnosis that neatly captures the kind of person you are.... more

n. The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.... more

n. The frustration of being stuck inside your own head, unable to interpret how you are perceived by others.... more

n. The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.... more

n. The awareness that everyone has a story.... more

n. The sadness of being unable to convey a powerful memory to those who were not present.... more

n. Pyramid of tin cans at supermarket entrance.... more

n mineral. Gravel that keeps resurfacing.... more

n. Men waiting outside changing room.... more

n. Lame excuse for small package contents.... more

n. Push tap that wets trousers.... more

participial vb. Pretending not home for carol-singers.... more

n rare colonial Indian. Leg rash from polo.... more