Fragments of Love

In late 2010, I put out a call on my blog, The (Word) Inferno, for artistic contributions for THE LOVE PROJECT, a project that I have yet to finish. Once the blog entry was posted, I proceeded to advertise my project on twitter, my username being @StarOfSavannah, by linking my tweets back to my blog entry on THE LOVE PROJECT. The call was answered by writers, artists, poets, musicians, students, business people, teachers, and many others from around the world. While the project is far from complete, this blog entry offers fragments that will be included in the final version of THE LOVE PROJECT.

What is love?

How do you define it?

Below are original writings, videos, and artworks created by people from around the world to reflect their understanding of love.

OneWomanRunning, @owr, an avid reader, writer, and chronicler of her days in England, submitted her blog post, "A Few Little Thoughts on Love."

Rich, @graffitipoet, a poet from Canada, sent his blog entry, "Love is Like Wii Boxing."

Michael Sanders, @MDwightMichael, a former Performance Studies student at LSU, offered this poem: "Return to Sender."

Silia Hatzi, @SJHatzi, a Greek poetess and entrepreneur, offered this bit of micro-poetry, which links to her video, "Dandelion Wish."

Paul Nadolny, @OddlyStarry, a dreamer and star gazer situated in the Northeastern United States, offered his untitled micro-poem.

Miriam Claire, @MiriDunn, a Canadian poetess offered a poem comprised of many smaller poems she had tweeted in her blog post, "The Love Project."

Katherine Downey, @kado56, an Irish writer, artist, and lexicographer, provided these beautiful images:









Navin Sasikumar, @NavinSasikumar, an witty writer from India who is currently living in Pennsylvania while working on his Master's degree, offered a blog post titled "A Little Thing Called Love."

Nancy Boozeneck, @MaltaGoddess, a lover of love from Malta, offered this tweet.

Osmar Jardim, @OsmarJardim, a humorous wordsmith from Brazil, offered this tweet.

John Nixon, @TheSupercargo, a writer, illustrator, and (ex)teacher in Sweden, offered his blog entry, "Together in Cordoba."

And my perception of love, well, here it is:



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So there you have it, a few of the fragments of what will eventually be THE LOVE PROJECT. If you would like to contribute to THE LOVE PROJECT, please see my original post detailing the requirements of contribution and then submit your entry to me @StarOfSavannah. I will gather submissions through May 30, 2012, so if you missed the submission deadline the first time around, you have a second chance to submit. I hope to assemble THE LOVE PROJECT into its final form by the end of the summer.

Thank you, and remember, "All you need is love. Love is all you need" (The Beatles).