The Intimacy Illusion
Intimacy is not ownership, and it is not always reciprocal in the way we hope. You can feel deeply connected to someone who will never feel that with you. That doesn’t diminish the intimacy; it simply reveals its asymmetry. And you can be intimate with people without ever touching them - a mentor, a stranger whose story becomes part of your own, a... See more
These last few years have been characterized by prolonged uncertainty when it comes to our health, politics, economy, and beyond. Can you blame us for falling deeper into the siren song of our increasingly predictive technologies? Endless suggestions of what to buy, who to date, what to write, where to turn, and what to listen to next flow right... See more
estherperelofficialinstagram.comWhat we have now is something thinner and far more obedient. Desire has been rerouted toward outcomes instead of encounters, toward validation instead of intimacy, toward visibility instead of attention.