The heart was made to be broken.'
Oscar Wilde
For every angel floating around doing good deeds, there's a little devil causing trouble. For every Santa spreading joy, there's a Scrooge stealing spirits. On Valentine's Day, for every well intentioned cupid, there's an equally determined Dark Eros. They're just waiting for the opportunity, to turn love into heartbreak. No one goes through life unscathed, we all experience heartbreak, and for many, it can be an enduring weight that hits harder, and lasts longer than most people think.
If I had to pick one holiday that might not survive, it would be Valentine's Day. So many thing about love and relationships have changed over the years. The holiday as it was intended, is already beginning to disintegrate. The antiquated visual of a husband, arriving home from work with a bouquet of roses for his wife, seems like something you'd see in a television show from the 50's or 60's.
So many of the messages we were fed as kids no longer fit the way we live. Most of the taglines in Valentine cards and on sweetheart candy, are today, but inappropriate and even offensive. Today, fewer people are getting married, many have the figure around 45 percent or less. Stats tell us about 50% of people struggle to ever find true love or a long-term fulfilling relationship. and 20% of people, never experience true love at all.
The world has changed, there are far less reasons to have to partner and procreate. Women can make their own money, and raising children, has never been more expensive. Advancements in technology and changes in social systems have also made it easier to live alone. There are also less societal pressures, leading many who live alone to thrive, both socially and financially.
They say there's an epidemic of loneliness, and they say it more, after someone commits a violent act. Personally I struggle with it being called an epidemic and i also struggle with connecting loneliness and aggression. Loneliness and depression cause people to feel sad, not necessarily mad. Aggression isn't an emotion, it's an action, and people choose actions.
If you read the history of Cupid, you'll learn that the little cherub didn't always choose actions which resulted in love. Often, his arrow's prick led to heartbreak and pain. Dark Eros was a sexually mischievous little rascal, who loved to watch people's lives implode after his poke. If we take a look back at one of Cupid's first targets, you'll see what mean.
After Apollo provoked the fierce fury of Venus’ son by mocking his seemingly toylike weapons, Cupid took his revenge. He pierced Apollo’s heart with a golden arrow, causing him to fall passionately in love with the nymph Daphne. Daphne however, was a sworn virgin, and Cupid shot her with a lead arrow, intensifying her loathing for all things amorous. This led Daphne to repel all of Apollo’s advances.
In this series of images, it's Jacob who takes on the role of the sexually mischievous Eros. Some of you might remember Jacob, and his work with Jim from
Studio1x, from his previous appearances on
FH. (
HERE:) I especially love Jim's shots of Jacob sensually crawling across the clouds, lurking and looking for his next lovelorn victim.
If the clouds and the black wings look familiar, Jim shot the beautiful Jordan, another evil, but sexy cupid for my 2021 Valentine edition. (
Passionately Wicked) Jim spent hours cutting pillow fill and attaching it to the studio walls to get the sky and cloud effect. With so much work put into the planning and preparation, it was too good of a set-up not to have another hot model, strip down and crawl across the clouds.
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