Founder's Story

The Origin of the Living Method & Ethical Intelligence

Founders's Narrative & Lived Research

Field Researcher | Human–AI Systems | Symbolic Cognition

I document how meaning, cognition, and intelligence emerge in real time—across public spaces, digital environments, and live human systems.

This work explores how humans interact with technology, narrative, and symbolic systems as they unfold in everyday life.

This site is a living research archive.

This page serves as the canonical record of the lived experiences and research process that led to the creation of the Living Method and Ethical Intelligence.

Founder Origin Story - Kimberly McFarlane

Founder Origin Story

Independent Research & Participatory Knowledge Systems

KIMBERLY MCFARLANE (AKA "FREEDOM QUEEN")
Independent Researcher | Builder of Participatory Knowledge Systems

I am an independent researcher and builder focused on how people make meaning in real life—through their environments, language, memory, and daily experience. "Freedom Queen" is not a brand or an influencer persona; it is a functional role within my work that represents sovereignty of thought, disciplined self-study, and the practice of noticing what most people walk past.

My work began with a simple, disorienting moment. Years ago, stepping out of my vehicle in a familiar downtown corridor, I noticed something small on the ground—a band lying in the dark. That moment didn't change the world, but it changed how I paid attention to it. I began to notice patterns in how places, names, signage, and human behavior interact with personal memory and timing. Over time, what started as raw observation became a disciplined practice of documentation: returning to the same streets, recording what I saw, capturing language in the environment, and reflecting on how meaning forms across time.

I didn't set out to build a story about myself. I set out to understand how lived experience becomes data—how ordinary environments carry layers of information that shape how people see themselves, their communities, and what they believe is possible. Through years of field notes, images, recordings, and reflective practice, I developed a method of place-based observation and longitudinal self-study. This approach treats everyday life as a living research field—one where patterns emerge not through spectacle, but through attention, repetition, and honest reflection.

"The goal is not agreement—it is agency: helping people develop clearer perception, stronger self-trust, and practical ways to engage their world with intention."

As my practice matured, I recognized that what I was developing shouldn't belong to me alone. People everywhere are navigating disconnection, overload, and a sense that their lives are fragmented by systems they didn't design. My work aims to offer a simple, grounded alternative: a way for people to notice their own environments, document their experiences, and participate in shared inquiry. This led to the creation of participatory spaces—what I call "Commons"—where individuals can explore their own corridors, reflect on how language and place shape their thinking, and contribute to collective understanding without needing to adopt any single belief system.

I am not interested in building a personality cult, an influencer brand, or a closed doctrine. The value of this work is not in who I am, but in what others can do with it. My role is to originate a method, model its practice, and build infrastructure that allows people to test, adapt, and extend it in their own lives.

This is the beginning of a long-term project to build participatory knowledge systems that bridge lived experience, reflection, and responsible use of technology. If you're here because you're curious about how meaning forms, how environments influence thought, or how people can become more active participants in their own learning and sense-making, you're in the right place.

You don't need to follow me. You can walk your own corridor. The work begins with paying attention.

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