Joy and Sorrow - zJayne Pierce - ITEM 38
"So very touched by the loss these two moms are experiencing and as a mother of four I can only imagine the pain. I would like to offer my art and a special piece that has helped me through painful memories." - zJayne Pierce
Description: This stunning original Altered Art Tag Book with Matching Box and (9) Tags was created by the artist zJayne Pierce.
It's title is inspired by Kahlil Gibran's - Joy and Sorrow
The actual poem is fully in pieces throughout the removable and permanent tags.
Here's the sentiment:
On Joy and Sorrow
Kahlil Gibran
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Some of you say, "Joy is greater than sorrow," and others say, "Nay, sorrow is the greater."
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
Together they come, and when one sits, alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.
Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.
When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall.
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