text; elevencrows

[founderinglight]

And now that we seem to have largely settled issues of forgiveness, morality, and the like for the time being, here's a different philosophical pondering:

What does "love" mean to you?

As an aside, for any of you who have confessed an interest in cooking lessons (or who simply want to eat something that isn't from a can), I'll be making pasta in the eastern kitchen in an hour or so, provided that nothing too terrible has happened over there recently.

Comments

un: kana

[cyclicalconcept]

[The typing in the response is...slow, hesitant.]

I've heard someone call love the pinnacle of human emotions. Greater than hope and deeper than despair. But I don't know. I don't know if you can just say love is something that's just on its own?

I guess it's a little terrifying to me right now.

[founderinglight]

I have only ever found hope or despair because of love. It is without doubt a thing that can exist independent of anything else, in my experience.

Which is probably not terribly comforting.

[cyclicalconcept]

The love I saw was terrible. I couldn't understand it at all.

[founderinglight]

It is very much like that, at times. Love can drive people to do terrible things - for those they want to protect, or those they fail to protect.