February 28, 2008 at 5:11 pm (Blogroll, romance, romantic dates, romantic dating)
Tags: flowers, greeting card, mystery, passion, romance, valentine, valentine's day
Why is it that romance has become centered around one day of the year, Valentine’s day. Why not? you may reply. Well, because the last time I looked into my lover’s eye, the fire of passion burns constantly, not just on February 14th.
The problem with the Valentine’s approach to romance is that it sets men up for failure. If the object of your affection doesn’t receive the right flowers, candy, greeting card or gift, love might just be denied. After all, love is a game best played by reward and punish. At least it is for some. If you consider yourself above the fray, then you’re the lucky one. You don’t have to be dragged through the consumer mire to spend your money on fattening food, flowers that are dead and already starting to rot, sentimental paper products that end up in the landfill and underwear. O.K., I’ll pass on the underwear.
Anyways, there are other ideas for passionate encounters that work year round. If you would like to explore the mystery of passion, take a peek at this article: Valentines Romance, It just might give you some ideas for the other 364 days of the year when passion calls just as clearly as it does in February.
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February 27, 2008 at 6:22 pm (Blogroll, romance, romantic dates, romantic dating)
Tags: broke back, BrokeBack, movies, passion, relationships, romance, romantic, survival
This year’s awards have been completely in line with the great movies of the past. No Country for Old Men isn’t exactly what you might consider romantic, although the trailer park relationship between the characters left me wondering about abuse and loyalty to your captor. Unexplored and unexpressed fully, the movie treated the characters more as heroes vs. heroes without any clear cut noble quest beyond greed and survival. Perhaps romance didn’t have a place in this movie, one that is sure to become a classic exploration of our times. Unlike BrokeBack Mountain, the story moves us to detest the weakness of our protectors and applaud the raw violence that we must sometimes participate in when fighting for our very own survival. The romance and the passion were there, but the fire was definitely not fueled by love.
Here’s an article exploring how Romantic Movies can be about passion. You might want to compare themes. No Country calls for some different ideas about ourselves, and that is what makes romantic movies so great.
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