👉 Selenophanes is a term that conjures up images of a dimly lit room, where one can find dim bulbs with bright lights and a flickering flame. It's often used to describe someone who seems lost in their own thoughts, but the light in them is rather dim.
Here's an example sentence using 'Selenophanes':
"The new movie you saw was so good, I couldn't stop thinking about it. So much that I started flipping through my old film collection trying to find something like Selenophanes. It was as if I were constantly flicking on the TV, not even sure what to do with my eyes."
This sentence is meant to be unsettling because it suggests a person's state of mind is so intense and distracting that they are unable to focus on anything else, making it akin to trying to catch a fire with one eye closed.