Essays exploring perspective, power, and how certainty forms — written from lived proximity and careful attention, not abstraction.

Notes on What We Notice — and What We Miss

Claire Von Cleveland

I write to think — not to persuade, convince, or resolve.

The pieces linked here sit alongside the conversations on 35,000 Feet. Where the podcast listens for what people understand after certainty falls away, these essays examine the systems, assumptions, and power dynamics that shape how meaning forms — and who is allowed to belong within it.

This is not commentary or advice. It is careful observation.

Redemption, in Theory by Claire Von Cleveland

What institutions say they believe — and what proximity reveals instead

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The Art of Clickbait by Claire Von Cleveland

When stories lose their authors in the attention economy

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Who do we listen to — and why? by Claire Von Cleveland

On certainty, authority, and how fear travels

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Shame, and Those Who Guard the Silence by Claire Von Cleveland

On shame, masculinity, and who is allowed to speak

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