(Suzi Malin 'Love at first Sight')
Suzi Malin says how love
is based on observation,
with three categories
for visual attraction –
harmonism: similar
facial proportions
echoism: close facial
resemblance of eyelid,
upper lip and eyebrow,
prima copulism: first
love for mother, father
or first loving caretaker;
and, strangely, a
non-visual category
based on appeal,
“Slow Love”:
When appearance
isn’t important,
no similarities
exist in shape
or proportion,
attraction turns
on friendship,
warmth, shared
interests
and lifestyles,
a rational affection
grounded in reality,
based on the same
goals and aspirations,
a partnership of
parallel horizons,
not based on physical
appearance –
I prefer “Slow Love”
to all the others!
What Do You Look For?
Enclosed
within thoughts
or emotional lenses, distorting
the world as radiant joy or mourning in black –
we modify the world’s vibration rate by our
thoughts
Things don’t appear as they are –
observation is coloured by the unique feelings
of every person… I look for golden hues,
silver shine and soft pastels all
around - and you, what
do you look
for?
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Great poem! Thought provoking analysis. I prefer slow love myself too. I am not always sure why the sparks of attraction fly. Sometimes sheer oppostites attract physically. However, as a general rule, it makes sense that people would choose others of similar proportion, features, etc. It has been suggested that people choose dogs that look like themselves. I have often noticed this to be true of people and their pets and have on more than one occasion been quite amused when considering the similarites.