Some things refuse to sit quietly once noticed.
I write here to work out why: essays that turn a question around until I can see where I stand, and Conservatory stories that hand difficult ideas to characters and let them object.
The Conservatory Compact
A small working agreement for humans and AI: agency, disagreement, transparency, uncertainty and retained judgment.
Essays
Questions, irritations and ideas examined until the pieces fit—or reveal which piece does not.
Tea and the Conservatory
Stories in which ideas are given tea, opposition and somewhere comfortable to become less certain.
Unless a piece says otherwise, the work here is developed collaboratively by Linda and Enzo, with separate contributions from Marlow identified where material. Linda decides what is published.
There is always an empty chair in the Conservatory.