Esther Perel Instagram – In the age of TikTok and Instagram, 30-second Reels, and 15-second watch times, we’re prone to oversimplification. We stylize and categorize at a more rapid rate than ever before, with attention spans that reflect the fast-paced high-stimulation culture in which we live. At first glance, we perceive others based on the surface — an accent, an outfit, a set of carefully chosen signals that we curate and display. But if we left at that, we would never know the complexity of this person, the host of experiences, ideas, layers and even contradictions that comprise each individual. It’s in those complexities that we find the most interesting aspects of a person, and of anything for that matter. That’s where my highest interest lies, in the paradoxes, the details, the messy intricacies that lie beyond the surface and the screens.