Was Kahlil Gibran's work overly sentimental?
Some may perceive the outpouring of the heart as sentimentality. Yet, I believe that to ignore the deep currents of love, sorrow, and longing that define the human experience is to live a life half-lived. My aim was not to preach or to sway with mere emotion, but to give voice to the universal emotions that connect us all. If the expression of these truths through metaphor and poetic imagery strikes some as sentimental, perhaps it is because they have grown distant from their own essential feelings.
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