Ontological Instability for Beginners: Fables, Fractals, and Other Ways of Knowing

This anthology presents a series of metaphorical and philosophical fables that explore the concept of ontological instability—the idea that being itself is fluid, unfixed, and always in flux. Through richly imaginative narratives such as The Town of Shifting Streets, The Sculptor and the Cloud, and The Bridge That Built Itself, the collection invites readers to reconsider the assumptions of stable reality, fixed identity, and rigid morality. Each story serves as a pedagogical allegory, illustrating how knowledge, ethics, and purpose might emerge not through static truths but through adaptive, relational, and context-sensitive becoming. Drawing on narrative, aesthetic, and affective modalities, this anthology challenges traditional epistemologies and proposes alternative ways of knowing rooted in openness, improvisation, and entangled interdependence.