An Ever Fixed Mark...
In modern culture we are continually perplexed as to how to pin point the emotion called “Love”. People chase it, snatch at it, steal it and ultimate (like everything) try to own it. In a materialistic world our answer to everything is to buy what we want, so there is a general dissatisfaction in that love knows that it cannot be “owned”. Through the media we are bombarded with images and suggestions of what love “is” (an absolute). The focus is predominantly on romantic love, which is more associated with identification than actual... true... love.
In the Desiderata we are reminded not to be “cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass”. The love we experience in the Academy is not the type that exists in the story, it is not concerned about status, not bothered by wealth, and doesn’t care for selfishness. As Shakespeare said “it is an ever fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken.” Let us be reminded of our commitment to Love and not to waver or falter in this commitment.. for “it is the star to every wandering bark”.
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