EMPATHY is the theme of this year's International Goldsmithing Competition organized by the Art Gallery in Legnica.

Empathy can be seen as circles – family circles, friend circles, neighborhood circles, and even more broadly, in a universal sense, a circle of people or all living things. By showing empathy, we include the recipient in one of our circles. We tame it with compassion. Or maybe he's been there before? After all, it's easier for us to be empathetic towards someone who is even remotely similar. Empathy towards a stranger is an art.

The circle can also symbolize a personal empathetic "sphere of influence" into which we bring others.