A Flag is a profile pic for countries

The Flag does not identify the nation, it identifies the wind.

A Flag is a colored rag used to symbolize confederations of convenience

The Flag is a bit of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's minds and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.

Gesture is almost a language — there is language in some people's very gesture.

The Gesture is no more able to be recruited by an old man as a new idea.

Gesture is like a langauge — you can guess the past of a woman in the way she holds her cigarette, and the future of a man in the way he holds his drink.

The Gesture is wildly contextual — the man in ecstasy and the man drowning - both throw up their arms. The first to signify harmony, the second to signify strife with the elements.

The Gift is less important than the spirit in which it is offered.

A Gift is a charming form of bribery.

A Gift is distinguished from a donation in that gifts go to a person; donations to people.

A Gift appeases the gods.