ARCHIVES OF THE LIVING
LOCATION: Galerie Mana, Stuckgasse 4, 1070 Vienna, Austria
DATE: 17.09.2026 - 01.10.2026

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part of the series

"Archives of the Living: Painting Endangered Plants and Material Ecologies."

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GLOSSARY
Amica fidelis — faithful friend; symbol of enduring, nurturing connection across distances
Anxietas socialis — social anxiety; fear of public judgment, alleviated through communication
Anxietas tremula — trembling anxiety; nervous and sensitive to stimuli, requires calm and balance
Appropriatio maligna — malicious appropriation; parasitic misuse of wholesome concepts for the purpose of oppression
Audacia nascens — emerging courage; a tender sprout with deep roots, needing encouragement and light
Auctoritas falsa — false authority; spurious legitimacy through power or a knowledge advantage without integrity
Certitudo juvenilis — youthful certainty; the natural sincerity of younger women in their studies, sometimes accompanied by a cooler emotional demeanor
Cognitio dissonans — pain caused by insight; tension arising from living in two incompatible worlds.
Cognitio discrepans — divergent knowledge; a gap between social facade and inner insight.
Collegialitas nascens — emerging collegiality; rapid network growth based on shared interests and respect.
Confidentia scientifica — scientific self-confidence; an upright, radiant demeanor stemming from professional recognition.

Consequentia inevitabilis — inevitable consequences; the pain of the consequences of decisive action.
Culpa involuntaria — unintentional guilt; bitterness over the fatal side effects of well-intentioned ideas.
Frigor ambitiosus — ambitious coldness; an ambitious yet emotionally detached generational response.
Frigor pragmaticus — pragmatic coldness; sober practicality with reduced warmth in interactions.
Impotentia totalis — complete powerlessness; the experience of blocked paths and controlled communication.
Intellectus compressa — suppressed intellect; mental power that must grow in the shadows and yearns for light.
Libertas electa — chosen freedom; a self-determined life that needs undivided “sunlight.”
Matrimonium reluctans — “aversion to marriage”; etiquette pathologized by Braun in his writings, not Morgenstern’s own introduction.
Melancholia hiemalis — winter melancholy; a clear, harsh sadness that responds positively to systematic observation and intellectual work.
Multiplicitas exhausta — exhausted multiplicity; being overwhelmed by parallel roles and demands.
Nostalgia futuri — longing for a “tasted” future; an impulse for change oriented toward what is to come.
Quies intellectualis — intellectual calm; quiet concentration that enables precise observations.

Responsabilitas infinita — infinite responsibility; the burden of wrongdoing and the fates that have been affected.
Rosa melancholica — romantic melancholy; gentle, poetic sadness with a dejected air.
Solitudo electa — chosen solitude; deeply rooted, thriving apart at a respectful distance.
Solitudine crescens — growing solitude; increasing isolation amid growing public exposure.
Tempus liminis — time of transition; a transitional state between the old and the new, the inner radiance of transformation. Veritas inversa — inverted truth; a lie as “medicine” that systematically distorts perception.
Veritas inversa — inverted truth; a lie as “medicine” that systematically distorts perception.

Wexberg, Anna. Dora Morgenstern’s Botany of the Soul: A historical novel about a woman who uses science to fight against social constraints (p. 120). (Function). Kindle Edition.

Veritas persistens — enduring truth; survives in secret and later breaks through again

Wexberg, Anna. Dora Morgenstern’s Botany of the Soul: A Historical Novel About a Woman Who Fights Social Constraints Through Science (pp. 119–121). (Function). Kindle Edition.

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