We hate change. It interrupts things. Forces us to adjust.
Makes yesterday’s decisions feel unstable.
It’s inconvenient. So we resist it.
But at the same time, we cling to certainty.
About who we are. What we like. What’s right. What matters.
As if any of it is fixed. It isn’t.
There’s something quietly ridiculous about how certain people are.
Not just confident. Certain.
They speak in conclusions. They defend positions like they’re permanent.
But everything underneath those positions is shifting.
Always has been.
Certainty feels like strength. It’s not.
It’s a way of avoiding the discomfort of having to rethink things. Because rethinking means admitting something no longer holds.
And that’s harder than most people are willing to face.
Change, on the other hand, is irritating. It doesn’t let you settle.
It asks you to reconsider what you thought you understood.
It exposes gaps. Forces movement.
Of course it’s annoying. But at least it’s honest.
In the studio, this becomes obvious.
If you walk in knowing exactly what you’re going to make, you’re not discovering anything. You’re just repeating. Following a path that’s already been resolved.
Safe. Controlled. Predictable. And usually flat.
The moment something unexpected happens, there’s tension.
You don’t quite know what it is yet.
You’re not sure if it’s working.
That’s the point where most people try to fix it. Force it back into something they recognise. But that tension is the only place anything real can happen.
Before it’s decided, explained and before it makes sense.
The need for certainty kills that. It pushes everything toward resolution too early and turns something alive into something finished.
Most people would rather feel right than stay open.
They choose clarity over possibility.
And then wonder why everything starts to look the same.
If you feel certain, you’ve probably stopped paying attention.
If you’re slightly uncomfortable, unsure, adjusting as you go…that’s closer to the truth.
Change isn’t the problem. It’s the only honest position you’ve got.
Everything else is just you trying to hold still in something that won’t.