Institutional Directive #1: In Defense of The Tightrope

Our deepest belief is that the spectrum that runs between certainty and uncertainty can be likened to a tightrope —a precarious journey on its best days. Still, the fact remains that a tightrope only works because both ends are held equally tight. In order to have balance within ourselves or in community, we must maintain some level of both. In a community, some must be certain, and others must choose to pull in the opposite direction. As we consider the tightrope we must acknowledge that the goal of pulling in either direction is not to rip the tightrope from its opposing anchor. Rather it is to provide stability for each of us to venture forth over an infinite precipice.

Our hope is that each member of The Preservation Society would find and foster the uncertainties in their lives. This world is full of individuals ratcheting up the pressure on the certain side of the wire and The Preservation Society aims to bring balance by providing equal and opposite force to opposing anchors.

Unquestionably, the readiest areas where individuals assert certainty are religion and politics. These are the lowest hanging fruit picked and eaten by the certain. The work of The Preservation Society is to provide an equal and opposite force to their efforts. If we happen to shake the tightrope itself in the process by attaching a tote of mating elephants to it whilst our members wobble across, that would be pure coincidence. After all, a fall from such a height leads to the greatest mystery of all.