• What is trauma?

• The romance of the ascent of the humanity

• John Stuart Mill on libidinal collapse: some thoughts on socialisation and human purpose

• Choose life: some notes on Lacan’s death drive

• But then why do you write? Nietzsche on the necessity of getting rid of your thoughts

• I’m a lifeless face that you’ll soon forget

• The death drive as a will to create from zero, to begin again

• Hope is optimism with a broken heart

• What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared?

• Nick Cave on creating on the edge of disaster

• Cultivating a relationship of gratitude towards the world

• Nick Cave on the terrible devastating opportunities that bring transformation

• Why (material) things matter to people

• Nick Cave on suffering, loss and renewal

• Being open to the world

• The chasm at the heart of our agency