Socratic question
Can you see machinery without despising its participants?
PLATE 21 · DIALECTIC · Large
The Lumbering World
Something is lost
the comfort of collective sleep
the comfort of collective sleep
Something may be gained
compassionate wakefulness
compassionate wakefulness
Small practice
Observe a crowd without inventing motives.
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.