The words that describe our longing....

This story first appeared in Medium in October 2020

Interestingly, this is one of a few images (more below) that came up on Dalle-2 when I keyed in “hiraeth, black and white charcoal”

(Welsh pronunciation: [hɪraɨ̯θ, hiːrai̯θ]) is a Welsh word for homesickness or nostalgia, an earnest longing or desire, or a sense of regret. The feeling of longing for a home that never was. A deep and irrational bond felt …