Angel of Valentine Days and Nights: Editorial with Video Poem - by Aberjhani



Varieties of angels, like varieties of love, are many. It is therefore not too surprising
that the angelic imagery utilized to help celebrate Valentine’s Day tends to
range from innocent blushing cherubs to winged beauties swagged out in erotic
creations worthy of placement in a Victoria’s Secret catalog.

Valentine’s Day itself, like most holidays in the modern era, has been heavily influenced
by commercialism that focuses on the appeal of romantic fantasies. The effective
marketing of Valentine fantasy movies such as Winter’sTale (with Colin Farrell, Jennifer Connelly, and Jessica Brown Findlay);and the film Endless Love (with Gabriella
Wilde and Alex Pettyfer) support that observation. Movies can provide
tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love but many agree
that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable. That is
largely because different human hearts often interpret their experiences of love
in different ways.

Classic and Modern Notions

Classic romantic love is an emotional attraction between two individuals in which they
may share a heightened awareness of mutual adoration. Erotic love,
traditionally, has been described as shared sexual attraction. However, at
least two modern concepts have prompted forums in which participants rethink
and redefine the nature of erotic interaction. One is sapiosexual, which denotes
such interaction is based on attraction to an individual’s intellect. The other
is demisexual, wherein interaction is desirable only after an emotional or spiritual
bond has been established to one degree or another.  

Divinely Speaking

Agape love is commitment to humankind based on principles of fraternal and filial
affection. Divine Love may be described as the dynamics of delight which the
Creator and the Created take in recognition of transcendent eternal beauty,
grace, and power representative of each other and present in all things.

To read the poem by Aberjhani and check out the video featured with this post please click the link:
Angel of Valentine Days and Nights: Editorial with poem - National African-American Art | Examiner.com

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