Good job! Really gets the mood right.

Coleridge is my favorite of the Romantics, personally. I love The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Being illiterate as feck, could someone with a broader mind explain the quote to me?

When things are bad, the goods are all the better.

Basically.

I thought it meant that, but then I don't get the phrasing of "--is sweeter than the pleasure [i]of pleasure itself."[/i]
The pleasure of pleasure? Shouldn't that be like "sweeter than the pleasure of life itself."?

Throwing in "life" wouldn't make the quote any better, because life isn't inherently good. Pleasure is, though. The quote is saying that pleasure in and of itself is worthless unless it comes with sorrow, thus making it (pleasure) all the more better and important.

Kind of like the idea of "how could you know what peace is if you've never not had it."

Just replace peace with pleasure. :D

Yes. But what this quote also says is that, anyone can have pleasure at any time, but that it's more meaningful when you need it, not when you already have it and just heap it up.

Imagine that worn out quote, "water, water everywhere. And not a drop to drink." Then imagine, surrounded by that undrinkable water, someone hands you a flask with drinking water. That's a pleasure that won't fix the situation, but can provide some relief. Compare this to someone handing you a glass of wine, while you're surrounded by drinking water.

The only thing I'm trying to point out is that when you make a comparison, you can't use the thing/word you compare with, as the comparing word itself. I don't feel like that makes sense, if that makes any sense. o-o;

It's like saying "Water is wetter than wet is wet.", which, again, makes no sense.
...or maybe it makes all the sense. I'm so terribly confused now. D:

Well. Pleasure is a noun, and wet is an adjective. So your example sentence doesn't make sense, as you're explaining. But that's not what's happening here. It's saying pleasure by itself, or pleasure for the sake of pleasure, is not as good as pleasure when everything else is bad.

Wet is most definitely a noun as well as an adjective. And pleasure can also be an adjective. But that has nothing to do with this, or my example.
And I get the idea of the quote, something good is better when you're in a bad spot, than when you would be in a good spot. But the wording still doesn't make sense. Pleasure of pleasure? Pleasure is pleasure. Heck, I would say it would work better when it'd say "Pleasure in pleasure", but even that doesn't make sense, because you can't put a box into another box of the same size.

Actually. it DOES make sense when paired with the earlier part. "The pleasure that is IN sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure OF pleasure itself."

The proceeding segment established we were talking about things IN other things. Thus when it uses "of" grammar dictates that this thing is in (Cause we established we were talking about things in things with the other half) pleasure. Read in less extravagant prose, it translates to "The pleasure that is [found] in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure [found] in pleasure". The sentence is correct grammatically, but in a way different from how it would be done normally.

You know, that actually all made sense. Thank you. ouo

It uses some odd grammar, but once you decipher that (With the aid of a crack team of specialists) it does make sense.

Especially like the texturing on the arms/tail~ :3

beautiful

I like it, very nice work :)

God, the beauty here. The table 'n' chair especially are jaw-dropping.

Hell yeah, melancholy ƒurry art! I'd love to know the inspiration behind that quote.

Encountering an encompassing, deep sorrow, one must leave behind his old desires and pleasures, and continue on down the road, wherever it may take him. Thus one continues relieved of stress, as every desire and wish is a heavy burden on one's soul. Further ahead, he might fall and cry, realizing how little is his existence valued on every scale. One would sob, losing and surrendering. And in that surrender is the supreme comfort; being without strain and outside of the cage; being lost and found; being absolutely vulnerable, nothing but a tiny candle of life among the lurid dark. Future would behold nothing, and matters are to be forgotten. In sorrow one is faced with either God or his own innermost gist, and that meet is the ultimate pleasure on a scale unscathed by earthly measures... Gnothi sauton! It's important not to lose yourself in the sorrow but stay conscious, and let it purify you.

After the tears dry out, and scars heal, life goes on.

Long time after, the one comes back up the road from which he came, and encounters the dropped baggage of his previous pleasures and endeavors. Knowing the true solace which lies in total release and surrender, he forfeits the low consolations in the dirt and continues walking. Silver is worth more than cooper, and gold is worth more than silver. Diamonds outshine gold for a magnitude. And a single, slow tear in the darkest of winter nights is worth more than a handful of diamonds.

I'll assume this is your personal take on sorrow.

Very.

This is a laaaaaate reply, but might as well explain my inspiration for choosing that quote.

I have always had issues expressing emotion. and the best way I found was through writing. Crafting a story, a plot, an idea; using the emotions i had as the fuel and just letting pen go to paper. Normally the results were pretty bad (the pieces being done in under an hour with no editing or planning), but some pieces really shined (Cherry Blossoms in my IB account is one such one). For me, writing has and always will be about understanding my emotions, and through that understanding I came to realize just how precious the small bits of joy you get in the midst of depression are.

Glad to get some additional insight, and glad your art has brought you healing. So encouraging to hear when that happens.
Thanks for taking the time to share your history with me!

Great writer, Shelley. His wife was no slouch either.