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.

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• 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.claim0.820
  The ultimate sadness is not miserable but a profound acknowledgment of existence, which is both sad and joyful.
• 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.claim0.809
  The specific painting achieves the sadness quality through its somber, affectionate color relationships.
• The making of sadness must come through a process where land, details, rooms form an indivisible whole, always trying to tie it together, to unify it, to make it disappear.claim0.790
  The artistic process of achieving sadness is a unifying one that ultimately makes the parts disappear into a whole.
• 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.claim0.788
  The physical environment of the lake at Eishin campus creates a space where sadness can surface, unlike a typical asphalt playground.
• 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 ...quote0.767
  Whitehead's lament on the bleakness of the mechanistic view of nature, capturing the spiritual cost.
• If it is a living process, it will create beautiful geometric structure. If it does not create beautiful structure, it cannot truly be a living process.claim0.766
  Beauty and geometry are the talisman by which a living process is known.
• Why is unity the same as tears? Why does this chapter have the title 'The Goal of Tears'?question0.764
  The motivating question that the entire chapter seeks to answer.
• The impact of the geometry of the environment—its living or not-living structure—has a trace-like, catalytic effect on emotional, social, spiritual, and physical well-being.claim0.763
  Analogy to trace elements and enzymes.