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Interlude: the time of things

What geology and physics can teach us about our human nature

The Comfortable Wisdom of Empty Boxes

When someone tells me I need to “think outside the box,” I develop a sort of metaphysical hives. The same happens with “step out of your comfort zone.” The reaction intensifies when these pearls of wisdom come from people so comfortably settled in their own enormous boxes.

Interlude: On Certainty, Movement, and the Art of Contradiction

Where certainty meets doubt, stillness contains movement, and effort undermines itself. The following fragments, now woven together, explore the fertile space between opposites – where our most profound insights emerge not from resolving contradictions but from dwelling within them.

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A Cartography of Tiredness

In a world that glorifies perpetual productivity, understanding our tiredness becomes an act of resistance—perhaps even wisdom. Yet when exhaustion envelops us, we rarely pause to consider its nature, its message, its particular weight.

Love is Measured in Celsius: The Thermal Dynamics of Intimacy

In the laboratory of love, chemistry gets the credit, but physics governs our connections. While poets speak of burning passion and hearts growing cold, couples negotiate a more literal thermal equilibrium—where compatibility is measured in degrees Celsius (or Fahrenheit).