Tuesday, February 14, 2012

All you need is love



Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you. We all remember scrawling this, in some form or another, and folding a red sheet of paper in half to make a heart; an incredible discovery when you make your first one. Valentine’s Day remains ingrained in most of us as we’ve grown up. 
 














I’m one of those who think that the secret to surviving Valentine’s Day when you’re single isn’t about finding a significant other for this special day, but about remembering those who significantly affect you every day.

To catch the love bug, share the love with your friends.  As most children are aware, Valentines are given to family members and friends.  Teachers are the recipients of the most home-made cards during classroom construction paper activities.

For those who love to witness romance through a visual medium, tonight TCM http://www.tcm.com/schedule/ will present Summertime directed by David Lean, starring Katherine Hepburn and the Italian bello, Rozzano Brazzi. Look at Brazzi’s European old-world sensibility and charm. I made reference to it on my website http://www.lindalaroche.com/arts articles.htm in a Bittersweet Musical with Carol Lawrence and Anthony Crivello who has gone on to be the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera playing in Las Vegas.  The film is compelling and reflects a woman searching for love, yet once found has a hard time accepting it in a form that she is not familiar with culturally. My favorite scene is where Hepburn seductively shops for a pair of red high heels for her last date- “with him” an occurrence that so many women can identify with. 

Whatever your activities are this day, share love- and let the love begin with you!  

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