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 / paradigm shift (32 Posts)

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A Wider Field

10 June 2026 ~ 3 minute read

There is a difference between paying attention and becoming consumed by what is directly in front of us. One sharpens our awareness; the other narrows it. Somewhere between distraction and fixation lies a quieter state of presence, one that allows us to remain grounded in the moment while still remembering to look toward the horizon.

Massive Empathy

08 September 2025 ~ 6 minute read

We live in a realm layered with illusions, where truth is hidden beneath veils of distraction, distortion, and control. Yet for those willing to look deeper, to question what has been handed down as unquestionable, a path opens — one that is both perilous and liberating. What follows is a reflection on that journey: the remembering, the breaking, and the rediscovery of what has always been real.

Nadir

25 January 2024 ~ 3 minute read

In nearly every aspect of civilization, we have reached a low point in modern times. The vaunted and respected institutions of politics and government, science and medicine, education, the military and intelligence communities, journalism and entertainment, and, of course, finance, industry, and commerce have disappeared. They are rotten to the core, with agendas, deceptions, and an obsessive focus on anything but the true, common, and good.

The Fallacy of Wide Brushes

03 December 2021 (rev. 05 December 2021) ~ 10 minute read

Just as far too many health-related concerns have since mid-2020 been aggressively corralled and crammed haphazardly into the soon-to-be-infamous “covid containment” ideology, so, too, are disparate and conflicting ecological and environmental concerns being relayed to “climate change” (or, green ideology). In both camps, alarmists and experts alike have been saying “the science is settled,” which, of course, it most certainly is not.

The Great Reset

16 February 2021 (rev. 02 December 2022) ~ 3 minute read

There has never been a better time than now to forget everything you know about everything.

Consumption

30 January 2021 (rev. 30 November 2022) ~ 3 minute read

The Earth, nature, provides all we need, whether it’s food, medicine, water, materials for shelter and for our arts, perfect sunlight and the stars. But in the modern world, we’ve learned about, adopted, adapted to and live by the endless, cyclical insanity of “not enough” — a distorted epistemic failing, supplanting the otherwise organic human inclinations toward communal betterment, spiritual discovery and genuine self-improvement. The two ideas do not complement each other, and so, we suffer.