Family values often appear as care, tradition, and togetherness. At year-end, they also expose another structure: an invisible ledger that records effort, availability, and endurance. Some are asked again and again, others are spared. This produces a sense of permanent indebtedness. We explore how this ledger forms, how it persists, and how to step out of it.

When structures strain, triangles appear: the simplest shape that still remembers how to hold. Every field under pressure seeks its own stabilising form.

John Costi, artist, ex-offender. How the loops that once destroyed him now fuel his transformation.