Emotions
Each tile opens a profile: passages tagged with that primary emotion, curator pairings with artworks where they exist, and threads into the player. Counts reflect the corpus Vela reads from (not clinical labels).
If you'd rather start with what you're feeling right now, Connect is the current-state doorway — a brief walk rather than a catalog. To see how these primaries group into families, browse the emotion clusters.
42 emotions
- Fear10570 passages
- Anxiety10003 passages
- Anger8921 passages
- Desire6874 passages
- Joy5966 passages
- Admiration5752 passages
- Despair5336 passages
- Shame5329 passages
- Grief5254 passages
- Contempt5055 passages
- Awe4329 passages
- Hope4320 passages
- Sadness4232 passages
- Contentment3775 passages
- Disappointment3765 passages
- Love3672 passages
- Excitement3630 passages
- Pride3462 passages
- Longing3388 passages
- Tenderness2890 passages
- Confusion2221 passages
- Guilt1961 passages
- Resentment1861 passages
- Disgust1797 passages
- Relief1756 passages
- Gratitude1639 passages
- Embarrassment1577 passages
- Surprise1450 passages
- Bewilderment1375 passages
- Realization1259 passages
- Loneliness1256 passages
- Yearning943 passages
- Jealousy935 passages
- Nostalgia900 passages
- Humiliation753 passages
- Remorse596 passages
- Trust571 passages
- Exposure Dread315 passages
- Boredom292 passages
- Chagrin280 passages
- Pride As Defense278 passages
- Mortification115 passages