Essay — Long Form May 2026 Human Nature · Hubris · The Performance of Knowing The Last Demonstration:On Proof, Pride, and the Fatal Theatre of Expertise A man who had thrown himself against glass a hundred times died the hundred-and-first time. The glass … [Read more...]
The Motherly Face of Everything Sacred
I don’t think we notice the people who hold us up until something gently forces us to look. There is a moment from yesterday that has stayed with me. Nothing dramatic. Just a long day in the garden, soil under our nails, the quiet satisfaction of preparing for something that will only reveal … [Read more...]
The Quiet Courage of Believing Well
Distrust is often mistaken for intelligence. We reward it in subtle ways. The quick skepticism, the raised eyebrow, the instinct to question motive before action. It feels sharp, even responsible. As if we are protecting ourselves from being misled, from being taken advantage of, from looking … [Read more...]
Where Your Hands Can Still Move
There is a quiet kind of exhaustion that does not come from effort, but from resisting what will not yield. It shows up in subtle ways. A conversation replayed long after it has ended. A decision you wish had gone differently. A situation that refuses to bend despite your best thinking. The mind … [Read more...]
The Quiet Discipline That Still Shapes How We Think
There is a strange irony in how much information we have access to and how little of it truly stays with us. I notice it in myself at times. I can move through a dozen ideas in a single hour, watch, listen, absorb, react. It feels productive. It feels like learning. But if I pause and ask a … [Read more...]