The Quiet Window · A wisdom tale
A king asked his wise men for something that would comfort him in sorrow and keep him humble when life went well.
They brought him a simple ring.
He turned it in his hand.
On it were engraved four words:
“This too shall pass.”
A king asked his wise men for something that would comfort him in sorrow and keep him humble when life went well.
They brought him a simple ring.
He turned it in his hand.
On it were engraved four words:
“This too shall pass.”
An Alrewaq retelling of a wisdom tale with many versions. Here the unnamed king sincerely seeks comfort in sorrow and humility in happiness. It is not presented as a documented event or attributed to a particular ruler. The artwork belongs to Alrewaq’s imagined landscape.