The semi-abstract, large-format print entitled 'there are tears for things' refers by its title to an enigmatic phrase in a poem by Virgil. Interpreted in two ways, it can firstly refer to the mysterious inner life of objects, inaccessible to us, and secondly as human melancholy and longing for the passing banal beauty of everyday, ordinary matter. It is also close to the Japanese aesthetic category called 'Mono no aware', which focuses on the tragic beauty of transience.