So I just got back from my esoteric study group, a little undecided. I thought it would be a nice gesture to take a few vegetarian pizzas, and present each member of the group with a token of appreciation on my part.
I took two tubes with Octavio Ocampo's lithographs, and I anounced they were welcome to take one they liked the best. I happen to have most of his prints, except those which are sold too steeply.
Everyone thought these were great, and several people started taking not one, but three, four, and more as they could not make up their minds.
I was appalled that in a place where we learn about cause and effect and doing the right thing, this was totally disregarded. I debated if to shut up an leave, as I started to pack the thrown prints scattered on the floor. Then I changed my mind, I walked up to four people and politely asked them to choose on of the bunch they were embracing, since I sold these. "Oh, I didn't know." was the reply.
What I am undecided about is if I was wrong to try to hold on to material things (which retail from $40 to $100 depending on dimensions), which is stock from my failed retail business, or if I was correct in grabing back the surplus prints from inconsiderate people. Most are very polite, and genuingly pleased by my gesture.
I am still undecided, though I do know one thing. " One should not offer flowers to pigs."
.
"Nativity" by Octavio Ocampo
