When we talk about grief, we often mean silence. Absence. The space where language fails. But what if grief is not the absence of meaning — but too much meaning? What if it demands not expression, but containment? This post is an experiment in symbolic containment. It is also a field-note for those working — or unraveling — at the edge of relational intelligence.Why Symbolic Containment?Because ordinary language flattens grief. Because the nervous system doesn’t speak in paragraphs. Because m...