Socratic question
Which question does certainty avoid?
PLATE 11 · OBSERVER · Large
The Socratic Octave
Something is lost
quick closure
quick closure
Something may be gained
eight increasingly useful questions
eight increasingly useful questions
Small practice
Ask: What happened? What do I think happened?
Illustration direction
A sparse field of obsidian, indigo haze, emerald points, one interrupted line, and a gold threshold. The lost form recedes; the possible gain remains incomplete.