who are you performing?

an encounter with presence ↔ performance

performance is not always false.

we perform roles, language, confidence, belonging, competence, identity.

some performances carry life.

others become difficult to inhabit.

the question is not:

how do i stop performing?

the question is:

where has the performance become more real than the person inhabiting it?

what must be maintained?

what cannot be shown?

what changes when another person enters the room?

what becomes possible when nothing needs to be demonstrated?

performance becomes visible when it can finally be felt.