Weight of Nothing

Three strangers in Detroit-a disillusioned artist, a numb insurance investigator, and a philosophy professor trapped in academic performance-find each other through their shared recognition that most of what passes for living is elaborate avoidance of life itself. When they discover the manifesto of James Morrison, a software engineer who jumped from his apartment balcony after documenting his philosophical investigation into "the weight of nothing," they must choose between the comfortable numbness that protects them from existential questions and the terrifying freedom of conscious choice-making.

The Weight of Nothing follows Maya, David, and Sarah through one transformative year as they experiment with radical honesty, authentic work, and conscious sexuality while building community with others who refuse to accept that meaninglessness makes meaning impossible. Raw, uncompromising, and brutally honest about both the possibilities and limitations of authentic living, this novel explores what it means to create human significance in a universe that offers no predetermined guidance about how consciousness should be employed.

Part existential thriller, part philosophical investigation, part love story that transcends conventional categories, The Weight of Nothing asks whether modern life's crushing absurdity can be transformed from burden into creative material-and what happens when people choose community over isolation, consciousness over comfort, authentic engagement over elaborate performance.

This is a novel for anyone who has ever felt crushed by the weight of freedom, who has questioned whether their carefully constructed life serves any purpose beyond avoiding fundamental questions about existence. It offers no easy answers, but it provides something rarer: honest exploration of what conscious living looks like when practiced by people brave enough to support each other through the inevitable crises that accompany authentic choice-making.