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Love, in All Its Fractured Glory

All relationships end in breakup or death.

It can feel like the more you love now the more pain you will suffer later. One person will outlive the other; left to handle the emotionality of their companion’s passing. Given the inevitable pain that such a connection causes, why is it that we are drawn to one another? Why have the poets spoken of love so passionately? Why is love at the centre of so much art, literature, and culture?

Love gives life meaning.

True, it can be a double-edged sword; a pendulum that swings from joy to pain. But it also acts as a counter point to the inherent suffering that life brings. We will all experience loss, pain, embarrassment, and shame; love balances this equation. It gives context and meaning to those experiences, and accentuates the good times.

When we suffer, love heals us.
When we triumph, love enables us to share.

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Complexities of Communication: Why No One Will Ever Truly Understand Your Writing

Communication, either via words on a page, or spoken, is not perfect. The complexities of communication can mean that people will not truly understand your writing in the exact way that you earnt it. The speaker formulates a concept in their mind (imagery, feelings, sensations, memories, emotions) and condenses all of that down into words and expresses it….

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