Wistful Words
A visual dictionary for dreamers, wanderers, and nomads
A visual dictionary for dreamers, wanderers, and nomads
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wistful words
a visual dictionary for dreamers, wanderers, and nomads
wander with me.
Trinity Hamic
contents
introduction
vocabulary
02
the beginning
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kefi
03
wanderlust
12
petrichor
05
the process
15
anemoia
06
the research
16
nefelibata
07
the result
18
psithurism
21
komorebi
22
wanderlust
27
mahpiohanzia
28
sonder
31
nemophilist
32
hygge
35
kairosclerosis
36
nubivagant
39
súton
40
gökotta
1
the beginning
It’s a sunny afternoon in 2009. I’m eight years old. I perch on
the edge of my mom’s bed, eagerly anticipating the contents
of the mysterious box that has lain dormant in the back of
my mom’s closet. She pulls out thick photo albums, rattling
maracas, a colorful sombrero, and a hand knitted backpack.
With each item she unravels stories from her past — building
latrines in a remote village, late night adventures in the
jungles of Costa Rica, sun tanning on the soft white sands of
a foreign beach. She tells me about staying in hostels with
total strangers, riding in an underwater train, and seeing
Michelangelo’s statue of David for the first time. That day,
my heart stirred and an unfamiliar feeling creeped into my
chest. Many years later, I finally put a word to that feeling.
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wanderlust
Ever since that day I’ve felt drawn to the wonders of travel.
To seeking new p laces, new cultures, and new people. To soak
my eyes and ears with the beauty of the world. So when I was
given the opportunity to explore a topic through art, I knew deep
down that I wanted to dive into the mystery of wanderlust.
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the process
To kickstart the process I grabbed my camera and piled in
a car with a few friends. Wanderlust goes hand in hand with
spontaneity, so we took a random trip to the beach, with little
planning in advance. It turned out to be one of my favorite trips
I’ve ever taken. I discovered that there is something beautiful
in going somewhere blindly and discovering new things along
the way. Actively wanderlusting helped me deconstruct the
wrong and right way of traveling and I felt freed to give into
every thought, idea, or whim without worry. During the trip
me and my friends stumbled upon awe-inspiring, lush places,
gorgeous rainbows, and breathtaking moments. The experience
was indescribable, so I captured them with my camera. I felt
the urge to find terminology to speak to those moments when
we returned, so I dove into research about words. It felt like
discovering an unknown language. The words I discovered
serve as a helpful supplement to my own limited vocabulary.
They describe my experiences in more fulfilling terms.
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the research
As I continued my research I decided to dig into the root of
wanderl ust— where does it come from, and how do people get
it? I found that it is connected to a gene variant that is commonly
found in people groups who migrated to further areas of Europe
and Asia. Getting curious, I checked my ancestry. Sure enough,
I’m Scottish. My ancestors are some of the biggest migrators
in European history. This brought me full circle to my mom’s
stories. Her adventures in Costa Rica and Europe awakened those
feelings of wanderlust when I was a child.
It’s in my blood.
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the result
After making these conclusions I decided to create my version
of my mom’ s scrapbooks. Each photo from my trip is paired with
one of the words I discovered. I feel that in this way I pay tribute to
my ancestry while expressing my experiences in my own way.
I pay tribute to the wanderlust that lives in my veins.
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MID- CENTURY MODERNISM (re:D)
OUR MISSION
Through this publication, we hope to celebrate the
timeless work of mid-century modernists and their
affiliation with Parsons The New School, as well as
how their work has affected our institution. We will
be providing an in-depth look at several Mid-Century
Modernist designers and their work as well as offering
a glimpse of what pieces we will be featuring at our
exhibition in August of 2022.
TRANSFORMING DESIGN
Mid-Century Modern is a term often used to describe
the aesthetic of new products, particularly furniture.
But using it that way is a misnomer. The term refers to
a “golden age” of architecture and design; a generous
timeline places Mid-Century Modernism from 1933 to
1965 or even beyond, but purists say it only lasted the
ten-year period post World War II from 1947 - 1957.
It can be summarized by the phrase “form follows
function,” generally lacking ornamentation and solving
design problems in minimal and clean, simple modes.
MID-CENTURY MODERNISM
Mid-Century Modernism is a style that isn’t easily
defined. One of the many reasons for this is because
the works conceptually overlap other styles of the
time. It is often viewed as the American response to
European, South American, and other global types
of modernism like the International Style or Bauhaus
movements. Its post-war timeline was an important
factor in design typology of Mid-Century Modernism
as designers were racing to house and modernize
American suburbs. In terms of Mid-Century Modern
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colors, the style allows for a variety of hues from
neutral to bold, as well as the graphic use of black
and white. Technological advances led to production
and development of a range of new materials making
it possible to explore new textures and effects, colors
and even new form.
Many who are familiar with Mid-Century Modernism
may believe that some of the below works do not fit
the “criteria” of the style and may instead fit better as
International or Bauhaus style works of architecture
or design. However, the names and design examples
on this list of graphic design works, furniture, and the
architectural pieces are by no means exhaustive.
The master designer Paul Rand provided the best
Modernist definition of graphic design: “To design
is much more than simply to assemble, to order or
even to edit: it is to add value and meaning, illuminate,
simplify, clarify, modify, dignify, dramatize, to persuade,
and perhaps even to amuse. To design is to transform
prose into poetry.” Modernism was more than just the
name of a style. It was a philosophy, a view of life, and it
a state of mind.
GRADUATE PROGRAM FUNDRAISER
Parsons The New School will be hosting an art gallery
showcasing the work of Mid-Century Modernists to
raise money for the new graduate programs at our
school. Go to page seven to see more about our new
graduate programs! The Exhibit will be held from the
first of August to first of September. The fundraiser
will include a gift shop with many fun and exciting
items! All of these items can be found in the catalogue.
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4 PARSONS re:D
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he didn’t mean i love you
kefi
(n.) the spirit of joy, enthusiasm, high spirit, excitement
and frenzy, in w hich good times and passion for life are
expressed with an abundance of happiness, jubilation and fun
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petrichor
(n.) the scent of rain on dry earth
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i closed my eyes, breathed in. breathed out. in again
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i want to live another life in a time that’s not my own
anemoia
(n.) nostalgia for a time you’ve never known
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nefelibata
(n.) “cloud-walker”; one who lives in the clouds of
their own imagination or dreams, or one who does
not follow the conventions of society, literature, or art
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psithurism
(n.) the whispering of leaves moved by the wind
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nature’s gentle secret
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dappled, otherworldly kisses from a star
komorebi
(n.) sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees
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wanderlust
(n.) the irresistable, incurable desire to wander
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gökotta
globe trotting at its finest
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featherless bipeds
mahpiohanzia
(n.) the disappointment of being unable to fly, unable
to stretch out your arms and vault into the air, having
finally shrugged off the ballast of your own weight and
ignited the fuel tank of unfulfilled desires that you’ve
been storing up since before you were ever born
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sonder
(n.) the realization that each passerby has
a life as vivid and complex as your own
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they are not just characters in the endless script that is life
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wood-nymph
nemophilist
(n.) a haunter of the woods; one who loves
the forest and its beauty and solitud e
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hygge
(n.) the cosy feeling you get when you are
enjoying good life moments with your friends
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charis-clerosis
kairosclerosis
(n.) the moment when you realize that you’re currently happy—
consciously trying to savor the feeling— which prompts your
intellect to identify it, pick it apart and put it in context, where it
will slowly dissolve until it is just an aftertaste.
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nubivagant
(n.) moving among clouds
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reeds sway as if bidding the cotton good day
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breathless with expectation of the day’s rebirth
súton
(n.) twilight; the end of something
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gökotta
(n.) the act of rising in the early morning to
watch the birds or go outside to appreciate nature
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gökotta
pure bliss at seeing the world made over
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final notes
Written by Trinity Hamic.
All photography by Trinity Hamic.
Words and definitions are inspired by Pinterest posts.
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