Definitions by Maya Ellison

Astiosynosis

The experience of recalling a past event in progressively greater detail as your life goes on; the slow, unforced return of a memory, where you remember a little now, more next year, and more still after that.

I couldn't picture the room at all for years, but through a slow astiosynosis the wallpaper, the smell, even the radio in the corner have all come back to me.

Astiosynosis by Maya Ellison June 16, 2026