
"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life… You give them a piece of you. They didn’t ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn’t your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness. So simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It’s a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love."
—Neil Gaiman
Ah, don't worry, this is not going to be any sort anti-romance posting; far from it. This is more like an all shades and tones collection as a salute to that wee fella with the bow and arrow chasing after unsuspecting tender hearts. As long as it feels it hangs on this particular wall. Now it's definitely not your Grandfather's Valentine's exhibition .. but then .. I'm not your Grandfather.
I spent a healthy set of hours deep diving through a good number of galleries of group members looking for expressions of love, lust and soul-deep yearning .. all with an eye towards the many wondrous shades of romance. I'll tell ya' this: you're quite a passionate bunch!
I gathered up a fair sampling of what I found for the sake of the group's collective pleasure and inspiration. Wherever you find yourself on this day .. in satisfaction or yearning .. may these romantic visions from fellow dreamers lift your smile as well as your spirit. I would have it so.
With warmth,
Terry
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Heading Image: Hit Me With Your Best Shot by TLC DigitalArt [link]
I - Romeo and Juliet by kitiekat4U [link]
II - Make You Feel My Love for my Valentine by bossie-boots [link]
III - Red Lips by geoffwoods [link]
IV - Light for Me in the Darkness by sallymalene [link]
V - iLove by ThePaperTiger [link]
VI - Jack of Hearts by Kachinadoll [link]
VII - Happy Valentines Day by Sazariel [link]
VIII - Dark Romance by Selkieblues [link]
IX - More Than Friends by renderscot [link]
X - Penny Driver by elianeck [link]
XI - The Cherubs by IamUman [link]
XII - His Innocence by Lexana [link]
XIII - Girls and Secrets by Callad [link]
XIV - Loveless by Aniwayalone [link]
XV - My Rose by Eclesi4stiK [link]
XVI - Queen of Hearts by RavenMoonDesigns [link]
XVII - Closer by Mavrosh [link]
XVIII - Rose Bud by RGUS [link]
XIX - Vive l'amour by Odilicious [link]
XX - Stealing a Kiss by kobaltkween [link]
XXI - Tin Man's Valentine by Shango-ThunderStones [link]
XXII - Love Industrial by SenZzo-art [link]
XXIII - Rose Are Red by FrankT [link]
XXIV - Cupid's Extreme Dating by BlackSheepArt [link]
If you're gonna make love .. do it everywhere. That's what love is!






