Amour

Interpretation:

“Amour” is inspired by the seven stages of love, interpreted by French writer Stendhal, who wrote De l’Amour, in which he described his famous concept of the stages of love. When it comes to expressing love, I feel that only the beautiful parts of it are displayed. The highest highs. I believe people are too scared to discuss negative emotions. Passion de amour is never only positive feelings of admiration, attraction, and deep affection. What about the anxiety, anger, perplexity, grief, obsession, and broken feelings of passion that we forget to mention? When I think about a time I’ve been in love, or developing deep feelings for someone, I now reflect on all the emotions that came with it. People always say that being “young and in love” is the craziest kind. The emotions you feel when you’re falling in love are unmatched by any feeling in the world. Love is like a drug, the more you love someone or pour yourself into them, the greater the heart will break. My goal was to showcase all of these emotions in one drawing. I believe that emotions cannot be explained through words, so here I explain my perception of love through visualization. I hope you can find yourself in this drawing.