
Of Comfort and Disquiet
As disturbing as tales of monsters can be, perhaps they protect us from more troubling truths.
Peter Gilderdale's Flirting With Wisdom series reflects on the interplay between curiosity and conviction, blending personal stories, history, cultural critique, and philosophical musings. Each vignette invites readers to embrace the beauty of unfinished thinking and the art of holding life’s ongoing questions.
As disturbing as tales of monsters can be, perhaps they protect us from more troubling truths.
Untangling what we know from what we take for granted can be a frightening challenge, but deepening our relationship to the truth may be worth the discomfort.
How deep are we willing to dig to find the good in people?
How can we know what's fair when our understanding of the word may depend on the hand we've been dealt?
As we struggle to raise ourselves up, what are we willing to bury in the process?
As inexorable as the forces of division may seem, everything a river erodes is deposited somewhere downstream.
When change is the status quo, how do we know if we're changing for the better?
When choice comes at the cost of community, we may need to reconsider what freedom truly means to us.
When our curiosity gets in the way of results, we can draw inspiration from one of history's greatest scatterbrains.