John Koenig’s ’06 “Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows”

John Koenig’s ’06 “Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows”

The desire to see memories in advance. The fear that you’ve lived an ordinary life. The mesmerizing nature of a nighttime drive. The human experience is marked by these little awarenesses, oftentimes mixing up joy and melancholy, connection and isolation, longing and fullness. These kinds of ideas sparked John Koenig’s ’06 “Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows,” a multimedia project which invents new words to name seldom-felt solemn feelings; the kind …