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A Man and a Woman/Un Homme et une Femme/Un Uomo e una Donna/男女/한 남자와 여자


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Each kiss, each hug, each word of love, then, becomes so important. In this fleeting mortal experience, love conquers all. This 21- image gallery incorporates solitude, meeting, connecting, loving and the knowledge that, somewhere, sometime in this world it will end. We will never know which of the kisses we give to those we love will be the last, nor, perhaps should we, but the value of each such gesture is immeasurable.
The gallery is intended to capture the transitory nature of life. So in a way the kiss is a metaphor "we never know which kiss will be our last" which applies to every intimate relationship...parents and children, longtime friends, any two people who are emotionally close, though not necessarily in the sense of a kiss. I could have used a handshake but it would have been less dramatic, even though a handshake between some friends would be just as meaningful and emotional. Our relationships to those we love are ephemeral and this is what the gallery is about.

Do we come from light or from darkness?
Do we come from light or from darkness?
Once here we slowly discover ourselves.
Once here we slowly discover ourselves.
As we discover ourselves, others find us.
As we discover ourselves, others find us.
Those who are taken by us want to know more.
Those who are taken by us want to know more.
We find ourselves wanting to discover them, too.
We find ourselves wanting to discover them, too.
An act so bold (so inconsequential?) as a kiss on the cheek
An act so bold (so inconsequential?) as a kiss on the cheek
What is that helplessness we feel when we look into their eyes?
What is that helplessness we feel when we look into their eyes?
We are simply not sure, so we collect ourselves.
We are simply not sure, so we collect ourselves.
What about the power of touching?
What about the power of touching?
Or the impact of that kiss...
Or the impact of that kiss...
...which changes our life.
...which changes our life.
And we become one(?)
And we become one(?)
Always caring, it seems
Always caring, it seems
Every kiss needs to be suffused with love...
Every kiss needs to be suffused with love...
because parting, a piece of life, is sweet sorrow
because parting, a piece of life, is sweet sorrow
and reuniting is joy.
and reuniting is joy.
Do not fear the distance that separates you...
Do not fear the distance that separates you...
because love connects and conquers.
because love connects and conquers.
When it is deep.....
When it is deep.....
....we know
....we know
we know they are always there.
we know they are always there.
ahhh....
ahhh....