Is love part of life or life or life part of love? This is a
question Philosophers, Authors and actors alike have puzzled over since the
dawn of time. Biblical scholars talk of Adam and Eve, Shakespeare writes of
Romeo and Juliet even a midsummer nights’ dream refers to mischievous fairies
playing cupid. Indeed even the Greek’s believed cupid’s magic could not pass
any mortal by.
The reality though is that life is tough people’s inner
voice tells us we must care for one another in a loving fashion. It is very
interesting to think of our inner child being nurtured by the bosom of humanity
because we need to feel love from any source human or machine. The Greek god
Aphrodite was the bringer of love and Egypts Cleopatra was said to have many a
passionate affair. Shakespeare wrote of love in Romeo and Juliet the classic
tale of star crossed lovers while in a midsummer nights’ dream the same theme
is explored.
In nineteenth century literature the same theme is explored,
Jane Austin wrote Pride and Prejudice while more modern authors of love include
Catherine Cookson and E.L. James’ fifty shades of grey and Helen Fielding’s
famous Christmas Romance Bridget Jones’ diary. The proliferation of author’s
philosophers and play writes writing about love for the insatiable erotic
appetite, the Karma Sutra allowing people to explore the inner psyche that
longs for warmth and love. I think back to my home land of New Zealand and the
beautiful rolling hills of the Wiarappa and the beautiful scenery of lord of
the rings and middle earth. The fact my grandmother spun the yarn for the
hobbits armour shoes that the love stories woven into the trilogy have
supported the tourist industry as tourist’s rein act the scenes of love.
Food is a great supporter of Love. Aphrodisiacs such as Oysters,
Chocolate or wild fruit are often written about as precursors to the act of
love. Yet perhaps most importantly learning to love oneself as one ages as
opposed to feeling guilty about the act itself. The human condition of falling
in love poses the question maternalistic between a mother and a child or the
animalistic love of two people passionately involved in love making for the
first time.
Has the story of human evolution ever been so complex?
Romance remains part of the human condition out of war and struggles for peace
come love and romance and redemption direct from god. Spies like James Bond
find love in dangerous situations illustrated in real life by the perfume
affair and shown in movies like the Bourne trilogy or taken.
Real life too has fantastic stories of love conquering all,
Joe DiMaggio putting a dozen red roses on Marilyn Munroe’s grave every day until
his death. The real life story of a communist sympathiser falling in love with
her prison guard, the story is that god’s love is omnipotent and ever present
but as the example shows love can prosper out of the darkest of circumstances.
The Roman god Venus reflects Greek’s god Aphrodite but in
her partner Adonus a classic tale as Adonus falls for Venus only to lose her
after his arrogance sees him killed in a hunting accident. These stories show
intergenerational tales of love woven into the fabric of the human condition.
Even the natural world where a snow flake is made up of hundreds of ice flakes interacts
with humanity as to love is part of the human condition and the source of all
life.
Samuel Burch (June 2015)
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