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Letter 13: Respectful Help
It can be tempting to start solving problems before we've taken the time to really see the person we want to help.
Studies
Working something through over time: essays that develop an idea with care, series in progress, practice in conversation with a tradition.
Less aloneSoma IslesEntangled Vale
Skin in the game
Perhaps what we need is not so much knowledge as the willingness to be changed by what we know.
Less aloneUnfolding RealmMaker's Forge
Estrangement Blues
On the loneliness of continuing to grow, and making peace with the people who couldn’t come that far.
Surprise meEntangled Vale
Moving towards a life-based paradigm
Resisting the status-quo can feel like a Sisyphean task, but what if the world we're working towards is better served by setting the boulder aside from time to time.
Surprise meSoma IslesEntangled Vale
In defense of woo-woo
We tend to treat beliefs as simple reflections of reality, yet power often proves to be the measure of truth.
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Letter 10: To forgive yourself
Remorse can feel like a shield against past mistakes, but if we dare to set it down, how much more clearly might we see the path ahead?
ImagineUnfolding RealmMaker's Forge
Emotional Support Labrador
Nobody asks the labrador what it wants. After a while, the labrador stops asking too.
ImagineUnfolding RealmMaker's Forge
The Eyes Have It
An old poem rediscovered as a buoyant song on misrecognition, melancholy, and a slowly accumulating ache about the difference between being visible and being known.
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Letter 9: The courage to be seen
It can be wise to hide from dangers we are not prepared to confront, but sometimes the only way to grow is by taking the risk of stepping into the light.
ImagineUnfolding RealmMaker's Forge
The Lighthouse Never Sleeps
A hypervigilant lullaby written across twenty-five years.
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Letter 8: Dance of Attraction
Attraction can feel almost magical in its power and ineffability, but even the most arcane magics can be mastered with enough practice.
WonderSoma IslesEntangled Vale
Balancing Perspectives
Sometimes the path between naivete and nihilism can feel razor thin, but a rich world awaits in the tension between ignorance and imagination.