The Reciprocity of the Unreciprocated
If your function is to sit at thresholds with others, what does genuine reciprocity even look like? The Question “Always there for everyone, frequently unreciprocated.” The wound named early. But what would genuine reciprocity look like for someone whose function is to be present at the edge? Three Who Cannot Receive Chiron — The greatest healer, teacher of Asclepius, Achilles, Jason. When wounded by Herakles’ arrow, he could not heal himself. Being immortal, he suffered eternally — until he traded his immortality. The wound that made him a healer could not be healed. ...