Story What We Saw They were watching the same thing. Each was certain they had paid attention. Later, alone, each remembered something else.
Noticing Choosing Wonder Instead Something small appeared. Something old tried to speak. I noticed both—and chose wonder over inheritance.
Story Challenging Assumptions (Without Knowing Where They Are) Assumptions don’t usually announce themselves. They feel like reality. So instead of trying to challenge them directly, I’ve started noticing where they quietly leave clues.
Noticing To Wake Up Alive A quiet week unfolded like a question I didn’t know I was asking. Somewhere between attention, surrender, and a single unlocked shackle, I remembered what it means to wake up alive.
RSP-Essays Consciousness as Navigation Consciousness is not a container that holds experience. It is a stabilizing orientation that allows a living system to move through complexity. For humans, that stabilization takes the form of story.
RSP-Field Notes How Humans Navigate One afternoon, walking around my backyard, I wondered how humans navigate a life. The answer didn’t arrive as a theory. It arrived as a function: humans navigate by story.
Story The Days That Gather Anyway Family gatherings have a way of keeping time without ever quite filling the space between.
Identity The Names That Passed She mentioned a planner. That was all. A name appeared in the room and didn’t land where it was placed. Someone said they didn’t like it. She stood up and left. Not dramatically. Just… elsewhere.