"Saudade" is a is a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholy that is supposedly characteristic of the Portuguese or Brazilian temperament. Saudade is a longing for something or someone that one cares for and/or loves. It carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never be had again. It is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places, or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, and well-being, which now trigger the senses and make one experience the pain of separation from those joyous sensations. However it acknowledges that to long for the past would detract from the excitement you feel towards the future. Saudade describes a feeling both happy and sad. Saudade is best described as "Memory of something with a desire for it."
- Framed: 41 x 34 in
- Subject Matter: Pop, Still Life, Landscape, Expressionism, Lovebirds as metaphors, Fauna, Floral, Tropical
- Created: March 2017
- Collections: Collection of The Artist
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