both are true: I hold a lot of conflicting beliefs, and have become happier the longer I’ve sat with them and realized that internal conflicts are a fact of life.
We don’t yet have great ways for talking about this new spirit of collectivism. The relationship between individuals and society has always been framed as a necessary compromise: we are told we must sacrifice our personal goals for the sake of the many. But what if it’s not a zero-sum, either/or? Humans, at our best, are capable of embracing seemin... See more
I take a Nietzschean approach: embracing the chaos, accepting there is no perfect. The Poetic Self is our embodied story that drives us toward meaning, beauty, morality, authenticity, and connection.