Asking “What If?” is a gallery of writing by Lori Farmer.
The work here includes books, essays, fragments, poems, songs, and reflections — all written to explore questions that resist easy answers. This is not a space for certainty or conclusions, but for curiosity, discomfort, and honest thought.
I write from lived experience. Some of these pieces are personal. Some are speculative. Some are unsettling. All of them are attempts to sit with complexity rather than simplify it.
At its heart, the author asks a simple question: What if we allowed ourselves to think more slowly, more openly, and more humanly?
The writing here does not exist to persuade or instruct. It exists to invite reflection, provoke thought, and open a room where questions can be examined from multiple angles. Readers are encouraged to respond, disagree, and explore opposing viewpoints — because understanding rarely comes from one voice alone.
Discussion on this site centers on the works presented and the questions they raise. Debate is welcome. Difference is expected. Respect for the agency and dignity of others is required.
How We Speak to Each Other
- All points of view are welcome when expressed respectfully.
- Honor the agency and dignity of other members.
- Well-reasoned disagreement is encouraged; domination and dehumanization are not.
- Hate speech, harassment, intolerance, and bad-faith behavior are not welcome.
- This is a hosted and curated space. Thoughtful input is valued; junk is not.
- First refusal exists to protect the conditions that make honest conversation possible.
Respect and love must govern the passion they inspire.
