love & romance

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

Because somewhere along the way, I'd learned that wanting things, especially romantic things, especially things that required another person to cooperate with your dreams, was setting yourself up for humiliation.