Lachesism: Longing for the Clarity of Disaster

THE BOOK IS HERE, with hundreds of new definitions: Available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook (read by the author). ETYMOLOGY Greek, from LACHESIS, “the disposer of lots.“ Lachesis is the name of the second of the three fates in Ancient Greek mythology. Clothed in white, Lachesis is the measurer of the thread woven by Clotho’s spindle, the apportioner who decided how much time for life was to be allowed for each person or being. She measured the thread of life with her rod. THE DICTIONARY OF OBSCURE SORROWS Email the author: obscuresorrows@ Facebook Twitter @ObscureSorrows The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig. Each original definition aims to fill a hole in the language-to give a name to emotions we all might experience but don’t yet have a word for. WHAT IS THAT MUSIC? “Unreal World“ by Citokid TRANSCRIPT For a million years, we’ve watched the sky and huddled in fear. But somehow you still find yourself quietly rooting for the storm. As if a part of you is tired of waiting wondering when the world will fall apart by lot, by fate, by the will of the gods almost daring them to grant your wish. But really, you can wish all you want, because life is a game of chance. And each passing day is another flip of the coin. Lachesism. You can’t help but take this life for granted. Your eyes adjust to the color of the walls and your ears tune out the chatter As if your body’s trying to filter out the world as you know it. And while your brain goes numb trying to shake off your complacency, your heart can’t sit still, and your gut is hungry for chaos— itching to chase after storms and run headlong into the fire. to watch society break down. and find out what’s truly important and watch everything else fall away. The apocalypse is one of the oldest fantasies we have, but it’s not about skipping to the end of the story. it’s a longing for revelation, a revealing of what we already know, but cannot see: that none of this is guaranteed. and there’s no such thing as “ordinary life.” that our civilization is just an agreement that could be revoked at any time. and beneath our rules and quarrels we’re stuck together on a wide open planet, where anything can happen leaving us no choice but to survive, to build a shelter, and find each other in the storm. that even just getting through the day should feel like the miracle it is, a cascading series of accidents that just happened to fall your way. But soon the storm will pass, and the world will go on spinning, and we’ll pick up our lives just where we left them, no more urgently than before. After all, it’s just life. It’s not the end of the world. CREDITS Creative Commons Attribution License Thunderstorm 1080 by Lumix Club Mexico Dance To Repair by Interpolis Films Calm before the storm by Joe Cavallini make think by Eliezer Defaria Heavy by Daniel Ignacio easterly winds by Dan Gusano Gonzalez STORM ON THE HORIZON by British Columbia adventure guide Hurricane Sandy by Mickey Kicklos REMEMBER GABON [GH4 - Metabones Speedbooster] by David Mboussou Silent Pain by Joshua Martin Studios Find Me by Doug Jackson End by Stuart Murray NEPAL - CINEMATOGRAPHY SHOWREEL 2015 by Yuqi Kang MÆRE - ’Amen’ Teaser by Filament Features Nelson New Zealand 17 April 2014 Collingwood Street tree falls by Derek Sivers St. Lucia - All Eyes On You by Matt Wilford Heder Resonance by Jeremy Ratzlaff Final Draft by John Lawrence by John Lawrence Never Sleep by Colby Moore (a short film) by Chris Fenner TOMORROW (directors cut) by Adrian Martini Storm Time Lapse May 2015 - by Mike Haytack Late for the Party by Trevor Corrigan Typhoon Soulik by Davy Martin Atamga - The Warriors Dance by Calum Jump Je suis l’espoir by Paul Cordonnier After Tracy by Nathaniel Kelly Don’t Let The Day Get Away- Inspirit by Hello Sunday Morning WALDEAN by Jacob Rosen farewell ... london by Smea Éireann CYCLONE FASHION FILM by Adam McDaid Indahnya Bali by MaartenFilms 2012 December 21st by Tinkering With Time