Ever since the humans found the way to tell stories they began to speak about love. It’s one of the strongest subjects in any narrative and the most difficult to interpret. Love and human history go hand in hand. It’s the feeling that connects us to each other and helps us to go through life with everything it brings.
I enjoy those fictional stories where love is very well portrayed, and not necessarily are always those with a romantic base storyline the ones that leave me thinking and analyzing the subject. That is precisely the beauty of storytelling. Through a diverse set of characters and narratives we can analyze our own way of seeing the world, in this case to understand love.
We all have different love stories and that is why it’s a feeling worth of celebration, however I wish it wouldn’t be only for one day. Perhaps if we dignified that feeling every day of the year, the world would be very different today. In my case, love inspires me to tell stories. Before being a mom, I conceived and felt love in a very different way than I do now. When I read my first book, The Lake of Miracles and then read the manuscript of the book that follows it (tentatively titled, The Medallion), I can clearly see that change. As we experience other kinds of love and why not say it, of heartbreak, it also changes the way we interpret and transmit it. Love is maturing and thus we grow with it.
There are infinite examples of representations of love. But there are some in particular that have been imprinted in my mind ever since I saw or read them. These are just a few of them and I share this here to talk about this topic today. I hope you enjoy them and Happy Valentine’s Day:
- Do you remember Interstellar? All of us have questioned at some point what it is that makes us love. Where does that force come from and how do different types of love develop in us. Anne Hathaway describes it perfectly in the following scene:
- It may seem cliché. But if there is a romantic story that I can see millions of times without being bored is Love Actually. However, it is the dialogue that opens the story that strikes me, because it reminds us that when there are tragedies and pain, it is precisely love that makes us resilient.
- There is a phrase that Arwen tells Aragorn that sums up what for me is exactly what one must feel for that person with whom one wants to share his/her life:
- Disney princesses taught us for a long time that only one act of love could break a spell. Of course, that act was always a kiss from prince charming. Up until Elsa and Anna arrived with another message:
- I remember my reaction when I read this part of the story. But it was the masterful performance of Alan Rickman (RIP) when the revelation really left me breathless. The brilliance of J.K. Rowling has no limits, all this time she was telling us a true story of love and sacrifice through Severus Snape. I think something like this is unmatched in youth literature.
- As I said before. Love is experienced in different ways before and after becoming a parent. I saw this movie before and after being a mom, and this scene in particular, took a different meaning and value the second time. To such a point that I find it very difficult to see the whole film again because of the impact of the reflection that leaves us on the love of a mother, biological and adoptive, and what family love really means.
What do you think of these scenes? What love stories are your favorite? Share your thoughts with me!
