{"product_id":"oil-painting-the-turpentine-was-jealous","title":"Oil Painting - \"The Turpentine Was Jealous”","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Oil Painting | 12 × 12 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Turpentine Was Jealous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComparison has a way of making us forget ourselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe look at someone else’s beauty, success, confidence, style, relationships, life—and without even realizing it, we begin measuring our own against theirs. But comparison is always a bad bargain. Other people are living from their own history, desires, timing, and instincts. Their life was never meant to be the blueprint for ours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Turpentine Was Jealous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e plays with that impulse through humor. Jealousy is absurd when you really look at it. Turpentine doesn’t need to become paint. Paint doesn’t need to become a flower. And you don’t need to become someone else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecoming more of yourself often means noticing where comparison has pulled your attention away from your own life—and bringing it back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause the more fully you become yourself, the less interesting it becomes to compete with somebody else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karen Ann Jones ~ artist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52244717469991,"sku":null,"price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1600\/9449\/files\/49670119-2436-4E93-91E6-1356491035F7.jpg?v=1791225396","url":"https:\/\/sunday-jones-art.myshopify.com\/products\/oil-painting-the-turpentine-was-jealous","provider":"Karen Ann Jones ~ artist","version":"1.0","type":"link"}