The ESH Stance

The essays here are an ongoing attempt to articulate what we’re calling, for now, the ESH stance.

When the World No Longer Fits the Story

On belief, experience, and the loosening of certainty

May 11 • Jack LaValley

When Answers No Longer Arrive

This essay traces a shift from a time when answers felt clear and complete to a way of experiencing life where they no longer settle in the same way…

Apr 28 • Jack LaValley

Anyone for a Try at Lassoing the Wind?

Chasing after what constantly eludes us

Apr 20 • Jack LaValley

What Shapes How We Decide to Live

The world we're already in

Apr 10 • Jack LaValley

From Rotary Phone to the Life We Now Carry

When direction is no longer given

Apr 1 • Jack LaValley

Certainty Inflation

The built-in limits of what we can fully know

Mar 4 • Jack LaValley

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