Comments on: Question of the Week: Can Love Last Forever?

By: Henry Crokfest

Henry Crokfest — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:43:56 +0000

Well, i find it hard for something to last … like, forever. It has to ended at some time. Love can exist for a bit longer in art and literature but well, there are arguments if the love depicted in literature and art is truly real.

By: Zanzibar Serena

Zanzibar Serena — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:52:29 +0000

Love can die in real life but Art is an expression of that undying…lets’ say illusions of life! Thus Art is forever!

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:01:41 +0000

For sure love can last forever. I don’t thing it fades but perhaps converts. It just goes from crazy love, puppy love, “you can do no wrong” love to comfort and yet passionate love if a couple works on it.

My partner and I have been together for 13 years now and we love each other. I can’t imagine not being with her but we do have to work through things and don’t expect perfection but also don’t throw our hands up in the air and give up when confronted with something tough.

This beautiful sculptor captures a moment/emotion in time. Wonder what their love result would have been if they had to live the life of mortals.

By: Christiana

Christiana — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:11:16 +0000

Love definitely can die, and frequently does. But can it live forever, in art, literature, maybe even life? Yes, I believe so. This sculpture is so vivid, it’s hard to imagine that it’s over 300 years old. And Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” was almost 1,700 years old when this sculpture was created. Ideas and ideals last forever, even though they assume different guises.

One interesting aspect of this story in Ovid’s version is that Venus falls in love with Adonis because she was shot with Cupid’s arrow. So is the artist saying that undying love is, in a sense, unnatural? Humans have a tendency to forget, to stray, to fall out of love, to reinvent ourselves. But perhaps that’s not such a bad thing, if you compare it to the alternative.

By: Nancy Real

Nancy Real — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:29:47 +0000

Hi Gabe. I agree that art never loses love. I’m inclined to believe that art is immortal, as seems to be the case with Benzi’s magnificent sculpture (it is almost 400 years old). Regarding the hunt, Venus warned Adonis with these words, “Beware how you expose yourself to danger and put my happiness at risk. Attack not the beasts that Nature has armed with weapons ….” The boar’s attack is a result of Adonis not heeding Venus’s words.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:40:54 +0000

Thanks for this post, Nancy. I must say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So too, I guess, is whether or not it lasts. Although I’ve had my share of breakups, I don’t think art ever loses Love. I will say though, what’s up with the boar getting to Adonis? Is there symbolism there? What a great piece by Soldani-Benzi!