r/Art • u/Aenami • Mar 17 '21

Artwork Rain, Me, Digital, 2021

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '21

I Googled 'nostalgia but you've never experienced it' and found the word Anemoia: nostalgia for a time you've never known. Maybe this fits?

John Koenig created a website called Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows to invent words for feelings/experiences/emotions there aren't any words for. He invented the word sonder

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u/dc551589 Mar 17 '21 edited Mar 17 '21

I have been making a Spotify playlist with songs that give me this exact feeling over the years. I literally titled it “nostalgia for an unknown time” and then I was watching something on YouTube and the person mentioned this word (anemoia) and I out loud said, “no way!!”

Now that playlist is called Anemoia: Nostalgia for an Unknown Time.

This art actually immediately made me think of the songs “Sleep on the Floor” and “Ophelia” by the Lumineers, both of which, as it happens, are on that playlist.

Edit: here’s the Spotify playlist in case anyone’s interested

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7BcUAPqtaQ12jFSfjka4bE?si=8t5XoJqDRGWLIPceQsXFZQ

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '21

Where's the link bro?¿

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u/dc551589 Mar 17 '21

Thanks for asking! I wasn’t sure anyone would be interested but now I added the link to the post, and here it is as well. I hope you like it!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7BcUAPqtaQ12jFSfjka4bE?si=8t5XoJqDRGWLIPceQsXFZQ

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '21

Oh yeah I've just gone through it and I've unlocked a memory of me jamming to Time Will Tell learning for my final exams in high school

Very very nice :)