Have you ever noticed how often and in how many different contexts we use the word 'love'?
We love our partner(s), our friends, family, chocolate, weekends, sex, champagne, reading, one or several gods and/or goddesses, a pair of shoes, the great outdoors, a glass of wine, a film, fireplaces, cats or dogs, an artist's work, travelling, spring, summer, autumn or winter. If anything, we are capable of many different kinds of love.
So what does 'love' mean? Or more importantly: what does it mean to you?
All-knowing Wikipedia defines love as 'the emotion of strong affection and personal attachment.' It distinguishes between:
'the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love, [...] the sexual love of eros (cf. Greek words for love), [...] the emotional closeness of familial love, [...] the platonic love that defines friendship, [...] the profound oneness or devotion of religious love.' (Wikipedia)
Around and in between those, there are millions of variations and shades of love. Love is, above anything, something very personal and unique.
I wanted to find a way to share with you some of that strange and all-encompassing emotion that is love. Because an image can often convey more than a thousand words, I went on a search for photographs that each represent one of the many faces of love. It was a worthwhile journey, one I can only recommend.
May your 2011 be filled with love, joy and the will to learn. The opportunities will be there. Happy New Year!
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these words and pictures raise an energy which i can only describe as Love. thanx for sharing! <3
ReplyDeleteAng.
Thank you so much. That's a great description of what the pictures did to me. I'm happy it translates.
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K.C.
Wonderfull!
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