title: On joy-sorrow: a paradoxical pattern of human becoming.
abstract: The idea of paradox is central to Parse's human becoming theory. Joy-sorrow is an example of a paradoxical pattern of human becoming which was earlier investigated by Parse, using her research method. Here, the concept is revisited and further explored in light of selected literature, including a classic work on grief and other writings on aesthetic experience. Connections are also drawn between joy-sorrow and the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, York University, Toronto, Canada. bpilking@yorku.ca
authors.forename: F Beryl
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Pilkington
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans