>>7766070Where is this picture from? Did you make it? I like it a lot.
Site note: It's so disorientating coming from the busier boards to somewhere like /wg/ and replying to a post from over a month ago which still exists. And not knowing if that person will ever check this thread again or if maybe they'll reply in a week but I'll have forgotten by then. It's also very comfy seeing posts that are all by real people rather than bots or memezombie humans.
As for the anon you were replying to:
>>7759202I suspect this is a common feeling and allegedly a few languages have words close to it. I don't speak any of them so I can't verify whether these translations are legit or if they're just from random IG-tier people trying to sound smart and projecting their own feelings onto a foreign word:
- someone's mentioned 'hiraeth' from Welsh
- German has 'sehnsucht' and 'fernweh'. apparently senhsucht is a longing for something more specific and defined than you perhaps mean, while fernweh is more similar to that horrible thot-fodder word 'wanderlust' - the location doesn't have to be defined, just not here.
Neither of these quite hit the spot.
I think this feeling is one of the most interesting aspects of our experience. I wish I had a bit more time to write something about it here. I'm sure I know exactly what you mean.
Remember that it's a mirage. If you actually were in the situation you imagined, you'd still have that dissatisfaction. The place you're in always feels mundane except when you're looking back on it, and the places you imagine would feel mundane if you were ever in them.
I've attached a picture I took in Scotland where my family comes from originally. It makes me feel cozy.
