Travel allows me to witness a moment of love. But love is too strong a word, too beguiling. For a lover of literature, an entry won’t be enough to enumerate—much more argue about—the myriad discourse about love defined by my preferred writers, from Julian Barnes to Toni Morrison. But the ones dearest to me are Kiran Desai’s and Alice Munro’s.
She decided that love must surely reside in the gap between desire and fulfillment, in the lack, not the contentment. Love was the ache, the anticipation, the retreat, everything around it but the emotion itself.
—Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss
Here are the images of fleeting moment of love. Enjoy and share.
Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines 02|08|12
MacArthur Park, Leyte, Philippines 09|27|11
MacArthur Park, Leyte, Philippines 09|27|11
MacArthur Park, Leyte, Philippines 09|27|11
Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines 2|8|12
UP Diliman, Quezon , Philippines 2|8|12
Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines 2|8|12
Love and Laugh,
Jona of Backpacking with a Book 😉
13 Comments
Hi,
A wonderful collection of photos for Valentines Day. 🙂
I hope you have a lovely day.
Hi there, Mags! Filipinos love Valentine’s. Not part of the hype though! 😀
kusog man pud diay ka mutambay ug parke no? 😀
Oo, sir Dans! Labi na kon daghag kahoy! And most of the time, I’m alone! Haha!
that last photo is the cutiest ^^
happi balentayns dey jOna <3
happy valentine’s sad diha, day hana!
hehehe lami nang ikaw ra usa mam kay walay magbuot kung dugay ka mupahawa sa parke,ug ikaw ang mamantay kaysa bantayan ehehe
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Such a wonderful collection of love!
Thanks for featuring this entry in your blog!
Desai’s description of love is painfully accurate. Your pictures give love a much happier face!
The pictures are the fleeting moment of love. 😉
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