Reciprocity: the movement from observation to participation. Each sector considers a different form of exchange—between collaborators, artists and tools, living systems, artworks and audiences, and travelers and places.

Attention: learning to observe before interpreting, documenting, exhibiting, or intervening. It establishes a natural beginning for the year's progression from attention in January to reciprocity in February and the uncanny in March.

Dormancy: recognizing that inactivity is not the same as absence, and that rest, preservation, and unfinished work are essential parts of creative life. November gathers what the year has produced; December allows it to settle; January begins again by paying attention.

Gathering: recognizing the value of fragments before they become finished works. Across all five sectors, we collect, preserve, and arrange the materials of our shared experience, preparing to discover new relationships among them.