Making Complexity Navigable
Making Complexity Navigable: Design and Narrative as Parallel Practices For years, I’ve worked in parallel as both a UX strategist designing complex systems and a writer exploring literary narratives rooted in cultural memory. The deeper the work goes, the more apparent it becomes: these aren’t separate crafts—they’re parallel practices of making complex worlds navigable. Both design and storytelling begin with guiding attention—but they don’t end there. They create pathways through complexity, decide what surfaces when, and recognize that the order of revelation shapes what people choose to notice, understand, and pursue. This isn’t metaphor. It’s structural. The Architecture of Attention…