The frustration of being stuck in just one body, one life.
She looked at the app. Twelve emotions. Fifteen more to go. An entire spectrum of human experience, available on demand.
The strange wistfulness of used bookstores. XtraMood
Selected.
Below it, a list. She’d expected the usual suspects: joy, trust, anticipation. But these were different. The frustration of being stuck in just one body, one life
Tuesday: she turned the dial to and spent an hour learning the names of constellations. Wednesday: Playfulness —she bought a ukulele from a pawn shop and played three wrong chords, laughing until her stomach hurt. Thursday: Awe —she drove two hours to see the ocean, and when the waves hit the rocks, she sobbed because the world was so unbearably beautiful.
Just the quiet hum of being a single body, in a single life, on a single Tuesday. Fifteen more to go
“You’ve felt 12 of 27 primary emotions. Unlock the full spectrum?”