Welcome to Love & Philosophy, a project connecting head and heart in conversations beyond traditional bounds.

We’re highlighting the patterns that connect across disciplines, holding what might seem irreconcilable, all the while focusing on how our approach to life and mind might address the urgent divides we face.

Sometimes it gets technical. Sometimes it gets intimate. Holding paradox is the practice we embrace for the discomfort that comes in trying to connect new paths. You’ll likely resonate with something you find here, and be challenged by something else. At least, that’s how we feel about it. So far, it’s been a constant balancing act.

We think of it as way-making. Way-making is a term inspired by Taoism, and can be understood as the movement of the body as well as the movement of the mind: “Way-making blunts the sharp edges and untangles the knots; it softens the glare and brings things together on the same track.” (Ames and Hall, 2003 in Boulton, 2024). This project is about exploring seemingly contradictory ways by exploring the making. Your ideas and collaboration are welcome.

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