Though intellectually its hard to distinguish romantic from platonic love, the difference is observed. Romantic love can *start* as platonic, but the shift is felt. Its animalesc, carnal. The continuation of humanity has relied on friends realizing they crave more out of each other. Explaining love is seeking a reason to why we eat or cry. Romantic love is inside us, its hormonal, unable to be reasoned-- to put it into words would be futile.
Poetic, Mariana, but too defeatist for my blood; I will continue trying to capture the sui generis nature of (romantic) love, if it takes my whole life!
Though intellectually its hard to distinguish romantic from platonic love, the difference is observed. Romantic love can *start* as platonic, but the shift is felt. Its animalesc, carnal. The continuation of humanity has relied on friends realizing they crave more out of each other. Explaining love is seeking a reason to why we eat or cry. Romantic love is inside us, its hormonal, unable to be reasoned-- to put it into words would be futile.
Poetic, Mariana, but too defeatist for my blood; I will continue trying to capture the sui generis nature of (romantic) love, if it takes my whole life!