What Is Love

Published: Dec. 12, 2017, 9:13 p.m.

b'From the screening of artist Angela Fama\'s "What Is Love" project at The Fox Cabaret in Vancouver, BC, on Dec 4, 2017.\\n\\nLearn more: \\nhttp://www.angelafama.com/whatislove.html\\nFB:\\nhttps://www.facebook.com/wabisabibutterfly\\n\\n///\\n\\nIntimacy is a strange thing. \\n\\nSomeone answers, it\\u2019s helping someone even though they\\u2019ve been horrible to you. One would rather love with the pain than never love.\\nSome say, \\nit\\u2019s a necessity;\\nsafety;\\nopenness;\\nnormalcy. \\nSome couldn\\u2019t answer. \\nSome say, \\n\\u201cI don\\u2019t know\\u2014even past first response.\\u201d \\nSome say,\\nwhen we recognize them as beyond ourselves,\\nbeyond my perception, outside of the boxes I\\u2019ve created for them. \\nSome say,\\ncaring for someone who\\u2019s sick.\\n\\u201clove is when somebody is dying and you cannot help but be there with them. It\\u2019s not the fluttering of the heart. It\\u2019s silence.\\u201d\\nOne person cries immediately after the question and says,\\n"I don\\u2019t know but it should be simple. \\nIt\\u2019s unattainable.\\nIt gets harder when you get older.\\u201d\\n\\nHelp head. Help heart.'