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The Distance We Keep: Desire, Fear and the Persistence of Self

Desire and fear appear to pull us in opposite directions, but both persist through the distance they seek to overcome.

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Desire

Desire does not move in straight lines. It curves. It sustains itself through distance, delay, and asymmetry, forming a logical orbit rather than a trajectory toward fulfilment. What appears in lived experience as longing or pursuit is not a failure of arrival but the mechanism by which relational systems remain open rather than collapse into […]