A project of Empathy Atlas · Coming soon
Where Freedom Walked
We’re recording reflections in placeat historic Underground Railroad sites — the voices, and the feelings inside them, that become the first layer of the atlas. A first look is coming. Add your email and we’ll bring you in.
Underground Railroad sitesIn place reflectionsEvery point is a person
A preview of what’s coming
An immersive story-map
Move through the atlas the way it’s being built — every point a person, every layer a lived reality. This is a live preview of the explorer.
The core interaction
Words on a map, carried by feeling
Every word is colored by the emotion it carries and sized by how often it was shared. Tap a word to follow it to the stories behind it. Here’s the field, drawn from reflections along the road to freedom.
The emotion system
The Empathy Atlas emotion wheel
Six core emotions expand into nuanced feeling words. Three map straight onto the brand — joy is sky, contempt is gold, anger is crimson — so the whole system is one language.
Happyjoy, hope, delight · Sky
Surpriseawe, moved, startled
Disgustcontempt, repelled · Gold
Fearfulscared, anxious, insecure
Angerfurious, frustrated, hurt · Crimson
Sadnessgrief, lonely, despair