The Principal Uncertainty

What happens when the path you've followed stops making sense—when achievement delivers everything it promised except meaning?

The Principal Uncertainty is a series of conversations about navigating the unmapped territory between who you've become and who you might be. Host George Laufenberg—a former wilderness educator, political operative, and cultural anthropologist—talks with people who've sat with uncertainty long enough to learn something from it: ministers and therapists, writers and researchers, anyone who's discovered that the questions matter more than the answers.

These aren't interviews. They're thinking-out-loud sessions about presence, purpose, and the courage to stay in the not-knowing.

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Guest

Adam Ekberg

Adam Ekberg photographs events that he makes happen in the world. His work has been exhibited at the George Eastman Museum, Fotografiska Stockholm, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and Aperture, among others. It has been featured in Harper's, Harvard Business Review, The Boston Globe, Oxford American, and N+1. His photographs are in the permanent collections of the George Eastman Museum, MCA Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography. He is the recipient of the Society for Photographic Education's Imagemaker Award and the Tanne Foundation Award, and has held residencies at Yaddo, Monson Arts, and Monhegan. When not making art, he can be found on long-distance solo bicycle trips, swimming in any body of water that will have him, and playing Go.

https://adamekberg.com

Guest appearance on:

On The Other Side of Boredom | Adam Ekberg