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The Nature of Love
By Cornelia Powell | October 27, 2009
I’ve been in Atlanta over the weekend to attend a friend’s wedding (an extra delight for me because I got to visit with special family members!) I always find that weddings are a good place to observe the nature of love. Not just with the couple about to wed, but amongst their family members and friends, the caterers, the officiates, children in the crowd — myself!
For some, wedding celebrations bring out a sweetness, becoming a “safe” place to express love and tenderness. For others, weddings are an occasion where they feel a little melancholy because of the love they missed, or the wedding is a reminder of what they’re searching for.
Speaking of searching, I also saw Jane Campion’s new film, Bright Star … the story of the three-year love affair of early 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne. Like the other young men of the time who became known as the Romantic Poets, Keats (who thought of his life as a failure, dying at 25 before any public recognition) searched the beauty and mystery of nature and the stirrings of his heart and soul for the words to express what he felt. Another view of the nature of love.
In our over-physical, over-mental, separate-from-our-heart kind of modern culture, it is a deep pleasure to be reminded of a time (not so long ago) where just a beautiful poetic expression of soul-full words could move the heart to love.
So perhaps with the wedding festivities and the romantic film, I was reminded of a piece I started writing several months ago and was inspired to complete it and name it. It became this month’s feature article — “You Are What You Are Searching For” — in my “Woman Becoming” newsletter that I’ll post here in a day or two. Stay tuned!
Topics: Inspiration, Relationship, Women's Notes |