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In this painting there is a quality of tears. The bright colors, reds and yellows, are not bright. They are almost somber, worn by the cares of the world, yet seeming to have the quality of family love, or old affection.

The specific painting achieves the sadness quality through its somber, affectionate color relationships.

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Red and Yellow painting shimmering probe
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An experiential invitation to the reader to look at the painting and perceive its shimmering living quality.
Tears in the red and yellow painting probe
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An invitation to look hard at the painting to see the quality of tears that the author claims is present.

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The quality of 'tears,' the sadness that necessarily characterizes all living art, is inherent in the geometry, it is not only an emotion, but is a character of the geometry itself.claim0.809
Sadness is not subjective feeling alone but a structural property of the geometry.
Inner light in a great painting touches to the heart of existence, to the core of what the universe is, not merely a cognitive zap.claim0.763
Alexander's claim about the profound nature of aesthetic experience, contrasting with mechanistic dismissal.
How unfortunate that we should be forced to conclude that in its own sad reality nature is a dull affair, soundless, scentless, colorless; merely the hurrying of material, endlessly, meaninglessly ...quote0.756
Whitehead's lament on the bleakness of the mechanistic view of nature, capturing the spiritual cost.
Paint has a very short life and implies color is not being taken seriouslyclaim0.754
The need to repaint after a few years makes it impractical for the deep effort required to get the light just right.
Color is an essential feature of reality; the unity of things (like a forest) is colored, not just structural.claim0.753
This sadness of tears, when I reach it, is also joy. ... What makes it sad is that it comes closest, in the physical concrete beams and columns and walls, as close as possible, to the fact of my existence on this earth.claim0.751
The ultimate sadness is not miserable but a profound acknowledgment of existence, which is both sad and joyful.
In the ship painting, the wholeness generated the details; details were created only to recreate the living wholeness and its light.claim0.749
Description of the author's painting process as a microcosm of a living process.
But this lake, even though it allows happiness to exist, is much closer to tears. If you have tears, you can feel them at the sight of the lake, or of the wind ruffles on the surface of the water. Its very existence in the school even allows your tears.claim0.748
The physical environment of the lake at Eishin campus creates a space where sadness can surface, unlike a typical asphalt playground.