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I didn't really participate in Valentine's Day, in any of the traditional ways, either here on dA or otherwise, but, I so appreciate all types of these wishes.

The truth of the matter is that LOVE, in general, should be celebrated and expressed anytime that we think to do so. This world is, unfortunately, fraught with hate and other feelings or concepts that are opposing to love... and the more we put our energies of love in various forms, be they in word, image, or deed, OUT THERE, the more we are part of balancing out all that opposes love.

One thing that has always bothered me about Valentine's Day in general is that it can seem "exclusive" with the belief that it is only about "romantic love" - which in my opinion, it can include that, HOWEVER, it INCLUDES all types of love. Valentine's Day and love in general should be "INCLUSIVE"... after all, both as a childhood student, and then as a teacher years later, we learned and we taught this very concept, and our traditions were to give little Valentine Cards to everyone - our classmates, other friends, and family.
(Making them, was/is even more fun! )

But I have noticed that this has seemed to get lost along the line, perhaps in the way media portrays Valentines Day? I do not know.

Anyway, my point really is simple, love is for all.

Additionally, I ideally believe that love *should* be simple, but oftentimes, it is not. This I cannot explain, especially very well, and I will not attempt to do so.
I do know that the more one possesses hate and resentment, the more difficult it can be to experience love and let those feelings in.

This image here, upon first look, may appear to be about romantic love, and that's okay if that is your own interpretation!

However, my intent behind it, is the balance of expressing love into this world offsets the negativity.

Love CAN balance out the bad things, the sad things, and the terrible things that happen. Love is also NOT black and white, it is all shades of grey (I don't mean the series... ) ...
AND the DANCE of this BALANCE extends beyond national geographic borders...

So, this may be a different type of work of art shared by me, but, lately I am happy to share a few different things here and there and not worry about it. When I realized I had an opportunity to create such an image I was determined to do so.

If you don't know this song, it is one of my favourite LOVE SONGS, EVER:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRTwUv…

It is called, LOVE IN ANY LANGUAGE, by Sandi Patty

And the beautiful Lyrics can be found here:

www.google.com/search?q=lyrics…

One of my favourite parts, (though I LOVE every word), is this part:

...We teach the young our differences
Yet look how we're the same
We love to laugh, to dream our dreams
We know the sting of pain...

This is dedicated to all of my watchers, friends, family, on dA and NOT on dA... for I wish nothing more than for each of you to experience the goodnesses of LOVE in your life!

~~~~~~~~~

[ NOTE: Thank you, in advance, for any 's I may receive for this image. I am honoured and grateful that anyone would think well enough to it. So thank you from the bottom of my heart . I understand if you don't have time to comment, but thank you for any kind comments, too. It's important to know this NOW, as I may NOT be able to do individual thank-you's for 's, or in case I cannot respond to each comment, either. Thanks for understanding. And, if you just came to view, I appreciate that, too.
]

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Respect � Tea Photography.
ALL work produced by Tea of � Tea Photography is protected, and shall NOT be reproduced, altered, or used in ANY kind of way.

Description
I didn't really participate in Valentine's Day, in any of the traditional ways, either here on dA or otherwise, but, I so appreciate all types of these wishes.

The truth of the matter is that LOVE, in general, should be celebrated and expressed anytime that we think to do so. This world is, unfortunately, fraught with hate and other feelings or concepts that are opposing to love... and the more we put our energies of love in various forms, be they in word, image, or deed, OUT THERE, the more we are part of balancing out all that opposes love.

One thing that has always bothered me about Valentine's Day in general is that it can seem "exclusive" with the belief that it is only about "romantic love" - which in my opinion, it can include that, HOWEVER, it INCLUDES all types of love. Valentine's Day and love in general should be "INCLUSIVE"... after all, both as a childhood student, and then as a teacher years later, we learned and we taught this very concept, and our traditions were to give little Valentine Cards to everyone - our classmates, other friends, and family.
(Making them, was/is even more fun! )

But I have noticed that this has seemed to get lost along the line, perhaps in the way media portrays Valentines Day? I do not know.

Anyway, my point really is simple, love is for all.

Additionally, I ideally believe that love *should* be simple, but oftentimes, it is not. This I cannot explain, especially very well, and I will not attempt to do so.
I do know that the more one possesses hate and resentment, the more difficult it can be to experience love and let those feelings in.

This image here, upon first look, may appear to be about romantic love, and that's okay if that is your own interpretation!

However, my intent behind it, is the balance of expressing love into this world offsets the negativity.

Love CAN balance out the bad things, the sad things, and the terrible things that happen. Love is also NOT black and white, it is all shades of grey (I don't mean the series... ) ...
AND the DANCE of this BALANCE extends beyond national geographic borders...

So, this may be a different type of work of art shared by me, but, lately I am happy to share a few different things here and there and not worry about it. When I realized I had an opportunity to create such an image I was determined to do so.

If you don't know this song, it is one of my favourite LOVE SONGS, EVER:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRTwUv…

It is called, LOVE IN ANY LANGUAGE, by Sandi Patty

And the beautiful Lyrics can be found here:

www.google.com/search?q=lyrics…

One of my favourite parts, (though I LOVE every word), is this part:

...We teach the young our differences
Yet look how we're the same
We love to laugh, to dream our dreams
We know the sting of pain...

This is dedicated to all of my watchers, friends, family, on dA and NOT on dA... for I wish nothing more than for each of you to experience the goodnesses of LOVE in your life!

~~~~~~~~~

[ NOTE: Thank you, in advance, for any 's I may receive for this image. I am honoured and grateful that anyone would think well enough to it. So thank you from the bottom of my heart . I understand if you don't have time to comment, but thank you for any kind comments, too. It's important to know this NOW, as I may NOT be able to do individual thank-you's for 's, or in case I cannot respond to each comment, either. Thanks for understanding. And, if you just came to view, I appreciate that, too.
]

************
Respect � Tea Photography.
ALL work produced by Tea of � Tea Photography is protected, and shall NOT be reproduced, altered, or used in ANY kind of way.