In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writers write about the human condition. Love, lust, murder, hurt, hate, blessing, cursing, adventure, regret, dreams fulfilled, dreams dashed, tragedy, comedy — the whole gamut of human experience is available for a writer’s attention.
Lots of my friends write romance and love writing about love. Even if we say we aren’t into romance and pooh-pooh the idea of Valentines Day being a day to embrace love, we all deep down love a great love story.
Love stories aren’t always romantic or gushy or Mills and Boon sugar. Love stories can be filled with epic sacrificial, gutsy people who put love for others above themselves. I think that’s what we respond to. The romance is nice, and may give us something to dream about while the kids are screaming, or you haven’t even had a date for a year, or you’ve just been hurt too much to believe that love can exist except for the skerrick of hope that maybe, just maybe …
Love in its purest sense is never about ourselves. Love that costs provides us with the best material for stories and inspiration for life. Love is far, far more than romance.
That’s because love is never stationary. In the end, love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it. Simply put: love does. Bob Goff
Love is the best motivation for our creative work. If we love our craft, love our work, love our message, love people and work from a spirit of love, even when we write about some of the most difficult of human circumstances or experiences love wins.
Love inspires.
Love makes all the difference.
Love changes people.
And that is why I write what I write stories of love wrapped up in light and kindness and understanding and compassion and sacrifice and spirituality.
