Socratic question
What does generosity require to remain sustainable?
PLATE 20 · DIALECTIC · Medium
Gift and Cost
Something is lost
the fantasy of costless giving
the fantasy of costless giving
Something may be gained
reciprocity without conquest
reciprocity without conquest
Small practice
Record one gift received and one fitting return.
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.