{"product_id":"to-love-is-power-artwork","title":"To Love Is Power Artwork","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.piecesofeight.com.au\/products\/to-love-is-power\" title=\"Contemporary baroque pearl earrings, hand painted by Australian artist Joshua Searle for Pieces of Eight Gallery, Melbourne.\"\u003eJoshua Searle's Tidal Wave earrings\u003c\/a\u003e are presented on a hand-carved wooden display, depicting two smiling balaclava-clad figures, painted in vivid colours. Their masked faces evoke the battles we fight to love openly and generously, while their smiles suggest that tenderness itself can be an act of resistance. The balaclava becomes both shield and symbol, acknowledging the vulnerability required to care for others in a world that often rewards hardness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title, \u003cem\u003eTo Love Is Power,\u003c\/em\u003e comes from a phrase shared with Searle by his grandfather’s brother. Passed through generations, these words have become a quiet philosophy:\u003cbr\u003ethat choosing love is not an act of weakness, but one of courage, responsibility and transformation. The work echoes this sentiment, offering the earrings as small talismans, a daily reminder that love has the power to shape how we move through the world and that even the simplest gestures of care can become acts of profound strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis artwork is the display for Joshua Searle's \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tidal-wave-earrings-by-joshua-searle\"\u003eTo Love Is Power earrings\u003c\/a\u003e, available separately.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis piece is part of our Tidal Wave exhibition and must remain in the gallery until August 31, 2026.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joshua Searle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41541018484794,"sku":"JSTW002","price":325.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/SCTW002.jpg?v=1785152204","url":"https:\/\/www.piecesofeight.com.au\/products\/to-love-is-power-artwork","provider":"PIECES of EIGHT GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}