In sorrow mirrored we are presented with the word sorrow made from custom mirrored glass tubing. The middle “r’s” are extended and reflected to face or mirror each other and to suggest canes. The formal layout of the word visually resembles a palindrome and in a Beuysian way, there are allusions to healing in the performative actions of the kinetic sculpture. The panels on which the r’s are mounted move up and down covering the s and o and o and w. Functioning like a rowing machine or elevator, the wings in the upmost position cover and momentarily erase “sorrow” before returning to the closed position. 

sorrow mirrored references how we are exposed hourly to other people’s tragedies through media culture. We have a choice as to either absorb other people’s tragedies or become desensitized to them.