Jana Vander Lee
Of the Heart, 2020
8/5 linen warp wool, rayon, acrylic, Lurex, cotton, linen
17 1/8 x 17 5/8 in (43.5 x 44.8 cm)
JVL 136
Image: Allyson Huntsman
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Rather than the interrelationship of Love, Truth and Wisdom, these focus on each one. The four boxes [Of the Heart] represent the four chambers of the heart, the top auricles...
Rather than the interrelationship of Love, Truth and Wisdom, these focus on each one. The four boxes [Of the Heart] represent the four chambers of the heart, the top auricles being smaller and to the left. Erik Fromm's "Four Kinds of Love" is also germane. The top left is sacrificial, flesh, caring; the top right is passion to go forward; bottom right is pain, the anguish of what you would love to do but aren't able, what you have to let go of to grow; and the lower left is the enduring love, embers glowing that will never change no matter what troubles challenging times bring.