Journal – Trance Blackman

Here you’ll find my philosophical meanderings in the form of articles, essays, and occasional poetry. My interests and curiosities are broad, but the central focus remains the pursuit of what is authentic, real, and true.

Lux et veritas

Journal Entries / identity (21 Posts)

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False Foundations

29 April 2026 ~ 7 minute read

There’s a quiet tension that sits beneath the surface of how we move through the world — a subtle friction between what we’re told is true and what, at some deeper level, never quite settles. It’s not loud. It doesn’t announce itself. But it lingers in the background of our thoughts, in the spaces between decisions, in the feeling that something about the way we’ve come to understand ourselves doesn’t fully hold.

Rethinking Scarcity and the Nature of Experience

11 April 2026 (rev. 12 April 2026) ~ 6 minute read

There’s a quiet assumption woven into how we move through life — that what feels constricting must be corrected, that what feels lacking must be filled. But what if scarcity is not an error to fix, but a condition to understand? Not something imposed upon us, but something inherent in the way we perceive, choose, and become.

Motion Parallax

30 March 2026 (rev. 11 April 2026) ~ 6 minute read

We’re told to be inspired by those who overcome the impossible. But what if the real story isn’t about their exceptionality, but about the distance we’ve placed between their lives and our own?

Incentive and Awareness: The Shape of What We Say

23 March 2026 ~ 4 minute read

We rarely speak as freely as we think we do. Beneath our words sits a quiet negotiation between what is true, what is permitted, and what is rewarded. Over time, that negotiation begins to shape not only how we communicate, but who we become when we do.

Singularity: Closer to What is Real

23 March 2026 ~ 3 minute read

A single day can feel like a fracture in time, where everything noisy falls away just long enough to reveal what has been speaking all along.

On Awakening: What Would Life Be Like, Really?

31 January 2026 ~ 7 minute read

We often ask what life would look like if humanity awakened. The problem isn’t the question itself, but the assumption that we could recognize the answer from within our current condition. Whatever such a world might be, it would not resemble our fantasies, myths, or technologies. It would demand something far more unsettling: presence without projection.