Keely Adler

As I age, the more convinced I am that the concept of “normal” is the most toxic thing in our culture.

a place where I can unearth the stories within the landscape as it is still unfolding. It is a place where I can dream of what could be…not only for myself but for the collective, the real world that I’m a part of

The mismatch is structural, not personal.

You can't practice depth inside a machine built for speed. You can't develop cultural attunement when your calendar is carved into six-minute increments. You can't hold complexity when your success metrics reward simplification.

Without systemic change, we'll continue asking strategists to perform meaningful

What I’ve found since 2020 is that there is some relief in acknowledging the Here. While I believe my son’s life may be materially worse off than my own, I think about how it could possibly be better too — psychologically, spiritually, and collectively. I think about how many of the social problems we lament — the mental health crisis among young

Without curiosity, possibility cannot appear on the scene, and without possibility, curiosity has no scene to work with in the first place. The two make one another possible.

At its heart, belief magic is a combination of community knowledge + solidarity networks + folklore.

The construction of norms, values, and ideologies around who, in society, is expected or has the right to discover new possibilities and, conversely, who is denied such opportunities is a political act. In fact, power relations within and between groups are a key determinant in the dynamic of the possible and the imposition of impossibility.