La Main Gaspard Sur Ma Cuisse

When I like people immensely I never tell their names to any one. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it. — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Opia: The ambiguous intensity of Looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. Monachopsis: The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place. Rubatosis: The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat. Chrysalism: The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm. Exulansis: The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it.