Socratic question
What truth can be spoken without conquest?
PLATE 17 · DIALECTIC · Medium
Precision and Mercy
Something is lost
blunt certainty
blunt certainty
Something may be gained
a clean edge that does not wound needlessly
a clean edge that does not wound needlessly
Small practice
Revise one criticism into an observable statement.
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.