Frida Kahlo is one of my favorite artists and person of intrigue. I wish I could interview her about love. Her relationship with Diego Rivera seemed full of passion and heartbreak.
Here is a note written to Diego from Frida found on Letters of Note. Translation beneath.
The George Carlin Letters: The Permanent Courtship of Sally Wade, is a memoir by Sally Wade that features a collections of love letters and notes written to her by the late George Carlin.
Here is one of the touching notes:
Tags: Love Letter
From ThoughtCatalog, a thoughtful piece on the second time falling in love:
The first time felt like a dream almost. You were untouched, untainted by anyone. You accepted love with wide open arms and desperation. “Love me, love me, love me!” So you did. And then it fell apart and left you shocked to the core. You realized that people could be cruel and break your heart. You realized that people could stop meaning the sweet things they said to you just yesterday. So when you go into it again, you’re going to keep in mind everything that you’ve learned. You’re going to say, “Love me, love me, love me…until you don’t. In which case, I would like some advance warning. Thanks!”
Tags: Love Lost, Modern Love
A wonderfully sweet love letter from Jimi Hendrix to a girlfriend.
via Letters of Note.
Transcript
little girl…..
happiness is within you….so unlock the chains from your heart and let yourself grow—
like the sweet flower you are…..
I know the answer—
Just spread your wings and set yourself
FREE
Love to you forever
Jimi Hendrix
***
Tags: Jimi Hendrix, Love Letter
Stacey Flygirrl Wilson has definitely kept Philly fly with her art, events and design since 2001. She brings all of her talents together under the name FLYGIRRL, a place where art, design, music and ground breaking promotions come together with style. As an artist, her understanding about love and what it looks like is reflective in her work. Take a sneak peek…
Are you currently in love with someone?
Sure am! 9 years and running!
How did you know you were in love? Describe that “knowing” experience.
Honestly, I don’t really think there was a particular moment. It happened over time. One day, I just realized I didn’t want to be without him.
In your opinion, how is love maintained so that there is a lasting effect?
I think you really have to like each other and be friends. Love is more than just all the typical things we associate it with. After you’re with somebody for many years, you’ll go through many ups and downs that “love” can’t always fix or get you through. It’s about team work. Love is a necessary foundation but it takes a lot of hard work to maintain.
“me & mr. jones”
Tags: Modern Love
I found a great interview from 1979 with the great James Baldwin on Kalama ya Salaam’s blog. In this excerpt, he talks about love. The full interview is definitely worth the read. I also found a video interview with Baldwin taken at a different time. In the video, he speaks about love and gay rights.
Let’s discuss the relationship, the understanding, the reality of sex and sexual relations in our people’s lives. On one level our relationships have been vulgarized …
BALDWIN: In the lives of Black people-everyone overlooks this and it’s a very simple fact-love has been so terribly menaced. It’s dangerous to be in love, I suppose, anytime. anywhere. But it’s absolutely dangerous to be in love if you’re a slave because nothing belongs to you, not your woman, not your child, not your man. The fact that we have held on to each other in the teeth of such a monstrous obscenity, if we could do that, well I’m not worried about the future.
Tags: Gay Rights, James Baldwin
I’d vented about the guys who hit me up on some High Fidelity shit, then other exes wormed their way to the front of my mind. Yet, I didn’t want to keep thinking about the endings. I wanted to remain positive with the LOML thread, but it might not have been entirely possible.
I think it was important for me to recognize what I learned.
Or maybe this was an exorcism.
See, the thing is, I’m a dweller. I will re-live things over in my mind, trying to figure out what I did wrong, what I could’ve done differently. In those moments of anger and offense, I’m quick to accuse “YOU did this!” but later, when door slams echo, I blame myself.
Tags: Great Love, Love Lost
From Thought Catalog…
With the people you once loved, the people that once had an all-access pass to the most intimate details of your life, you sometimes can’t pay tribute. You can’t ask them about their work, their travels, or god forbid, their family. Your mind can’t process it. They can only exist in black and white; they can either be everything or nothing. You say hello to the person you played with when you were five, and ignore the person whose cum you swallowed, who once cried to you in a cab because everything was going wrong and oh my god, you wanted to help them, wanted to save them.
Who do we hold on to and who do we force ourselves to forget?
Truth.
Tags: Heartbreak, Love Lost
Phonte and 9th Wonder. Man, talk about DOPE people, right?
Phonte (of the grammy-nominated Foreign Exchange, ridiculously talented rapper, and just a good ass dude) and I have rapped about love and relationships before. So I knew he would be a great interview. This was my first time meeting 9th (the incredible music producer who’s music you’re prolly listening to right now) and he was just as great. Being a fan of the music these guys produce independent of one another is one thing, but because I was first a fan of Little Brother, makes this so much more awesome. lol.
Tags: 9th Wonder, Phonte
Who: “Spun” (nicknamed after the movie we watched the first time we hung out)
When: Fall 2004-Summer 2006
Where: D.C.
How We Met: I saw him at a bar and knew I had to have him. I actually met him in 2003 but left town to recover from a second major surgery. When I came back to D.C., I made sure we hooked up.
Significant Stuff: This is my most inspiring adult relationship, which is ironic because he was not very supportive of my writing.
Tags: Great Love, Love Lost, Reminisce
