VISUAL SCHEMA — EROS AS SUSTAINING CAPACITY
Companion to: Eros as Orientation: On Setting the Heart Without Demand
Function: Ontological / Ethical Stabilization Diagram
Register: Classical, luminous, non-instrumental
CORE INTENT
This schema renders Eros not as desire-for-object, but as a sustaining orientational force —
a capacity that allows a human agent to remain temporally extended, value-bearing, and non-reactive under conditions of uncertainty, silence, or asymmetry.
It must make visible:
The difference between craving and orientation
How meaning can be held without liquidation
Why eros increases agency rather than eroding it
How love can remain intact without closure
This is not romance.
This is structural fidelity.
OVERALL COMPOSITION
Radial–Vertical Hybrid Mandala
A quiet central axis
Three concentric fields
Gentle upward flow without climax
No rupture, no explosion, no heroic gesture
The image should feel like something that continues, not something that resolves.
CENTRAL AXIS — THE SET HEART
Geometry
A vertical, slightly glowing line
Not a spine, not a flame — a plumb line
Anchored top and bottom, extending beyond the frame
Label (subtle, near the axis)
Orientation Without Demand
Caption
To set the heart is to choose direction without requiring response.
This axis must feel:
Calm
Chosen
Unshakeable
Alive, but not agitated
INNER FIELD — EROS AS CAPACITY
Geometry
A soft circular field around the axis
Light, breathable texture
Slight internal motion (like slow current or breath)
Labeled Elements (distributed, not list-like)
Temporal Extension
Value Persistence
Agency Amplification
Fidelity to Meaning
Visual Encoding
No arrows toward objects
Vectors curve along the axis, not outward
Nothing terminates — all paths remain open
Caption
Eros is not what pulls you toward something.
It is what allows you to remain oriented across time.
MIDDLE FIELD — NON-LIQUIDATION ZONE
Geometry
A translucent boundary ring
Neither wall nor shield — a threshold membrane
Labeled Processes (faint, architectural type)
Expression Without Pricing
Silence Without Collapse
Asymmetry Without Injury
Loss Without Nihilism
Visual Motif
Incoming pressures (attention, demand, extraction) dissolve as they cross the boundary
Meaning passes through unchanged
No conversion into metrics, currency, or feedback loops
Caption
What is held here does not become leverage.
OUTER FIELD — THE SHARED WORLD
Geometry
Fragmented, lower-contrast structures
Signals, networks, partial grids
Activity without coherence
Visual Motifs
Broken loops
Interrupted flows
Short-range vectors seeking closure
This field should feel:
Busy
Incomplete
Slightly noisy
—but not evil or catastrophic
Caption
The world moves quickly. Orientation does not.
FAILURE MODES (PERIPHERAL, DIM)
Placed off to one side or fading outward:
Craving Collapse (tight loops snapping inward)
Semantic Liquidation (meaning flattened into symbols)
Demand for Closure (hard endpoints, dead ends)
Instrumental Love (arrows terminating in objects)
These should appear:
Brittle
Over-articulated
Structurally exhausted
Caption:
When eros is mistaken for appetite, it burns out.
AESTHETIC DIRECTIVES
Warm grayscale base
One soft gold / rose accent for the central axis
Classical proportions (nothing aggressive, nothing cute)
No faces, no bodies, no icons
Texture like parchment, marble dust, or quiet light
This should feel ancient without nostalgia.
CLOSING INSCRIPTION (BOTTOM EDGE)
Eros is the capacity to remain oriented toward meaning
without converting meaning into demand.
Small ∮ = 1 beneath, almost hidden.
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