Silver Lining
Essence: optimism
created during Covid
steel and mixed media
h11 x w28 x d12
$550
A silver lining is a metaphor for optimism in the common English-language which means a negative occurrence may have a positive aspect to it.
The origin of the phrase is most likely traced to John Milton's "Comus" (1634) with the lines,
Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud
Turn forth her silver lining on the night