Hold On to the Center
Yeats said the center cannot hold. Lao Tzu said: hold on to it.
Lloyd Dobler tries to find the still point under the noise: doomscrolling, spiritual overtalking, Gen X refusal, American collapse, and the small radical pause between inhale and exhale.
A sorta-kinda guided meditation on what it means to hold the center without clutching it, weaponizing it, or turning it into one more thing to yell about online.
The Kids on the Bus (S2.Chapter 36)
Pete Hegseth tells West Point graduates that diversity is weakness and unity is strength. Lloyd remembers a school bus in 1979, a song about Iran, and the terrifying comfort of belonging. A meditation on masculinity, nationalism, softness, and refusing to sing along.