http://wordpirates.org/2008/03/02/falling-out-of-love-with-love/ The home of the Word Pirates Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:58:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha http://wordpirates.org/2008/03/02/falling-out-of-love-with-love/#comment-144676 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:33:11 +0000 http://wordpirates.org/2008/03/02/falling-out-of-love-with-love/#comment-144676 I think it was back in the 1920s when all the literary elite declared there is nothing new to be said about love. But still, there is. Because it is something that happens to everyone (I hope!) and it is a major emotional upheaval in one's life. Likewise, death. Birth. Car accidents. Break-ups. A writer is made to feel that all these things, unless handled in some startling original way, are off limits because "they have been written about." Well fine. Except very very few writers have actually gotten down on paper what it *feels* to be in love/grief/produce life from your pee hole. So I still think we have a ways to go with this. Too bad the literary establishment has some prejudice against it. But I agree with random commentary guy, love is surprising, passionate, fascinating stuff to write about. I think it was back in the 1920s when all the literary elite declared there is nothing new to be said about love. But still, there is. Because it is something that happens to everyone (I hope!) and it is a major emotional upheaval in one’s life. Likewise, death. Birth. Car accidents. Break-ups. A writer is made to feel that all these things, unless handled in some startling original way, are off limits because “they have been written about.” Well fine. Except very very few writers have actually gotten down on paper what it *feels* to be in love/grief/produce life from your pee hole. So I still think we have a ways to go with this. Too bad the literary establishment has some prejudice against it. But I agree with random commentary guy, love is surprising, passionate, fascinating stuff to write about.

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