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& Forgive Us

$250

“Of which the first is love. The sad, unrepeatable fact / that the loves we shouldn’t foster burrow faster and linger longer / than sanctioned kinds can. Loves that thrive on absence, on lack / of return, or worse, on harm, are unkillable, Father. / They do not die in us. And you know how we’ve tried.”

— Sinéad Morrissey

Canvas with hand-generated gilding and embroidery. Imagery reflective of the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for Uncomplicated bereavement. Gold detailing follows the Circle of Fifths — a tonal architecture mirroring the diagnosis.

Uncomplicated bereavement · 8 × 8 in