To desire is to resist the forces that would rather we be numbed out, efficient, and manageable. It is to say: I will choose intensity over indifference, invention over appeasement.

Love and heartbreak are the root of so much around us. Songs, buildings, startups, cathedrals of every kind. I wonder, if we could trace every act of creation back to its emotional source, how many would map to love? How many to spite, or ambition, or pure devotion to the game? My guess is love dominates, especially in art, where even mourning... See more