Meaning: The painting made people remember things that made them sad.
Choice of Words: Memories are things you remember from the past. Sparked means something started to happen. Tears are drops of water that come from your eyes when you are sad.
Alternative Expressions
The past came back to life, and my eyes filled with water.
Meaning: This sentence is about someone who is crying because they are thinking about something that happened in the past. It's like saying, Something happened that made me think about the past, and it made me cry.
Choice of Words:The past is the time before now. Came back to life means to become alive again. Eyes are the parts of your face that you see with. Filled with water means to become full of water. When you put them together, "The past came back to life, and my eyes filled with water" means that something happened that made you think about the past and made you cry.
Thinking about the past made my eyes leak.
Meaning: This sentence is about someone who is crying because they are thinking about something that happened in the past. It's like saying, Something happened that made me think about the past, and it made me cry.
Choice of Words:Thinking is using your mind to consider something. The past is the time before now. Made means to cause something to happen. Eyes are the parts of your face that you see with. Leak means to let liquid out of a hole. When you put them together, "Thinking about the past made my eyes leak" means that something happened that made you think about the past and made you cry.