{"id":3448,"date":"2015-04-23T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T18:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aarron.com\/flow\/?p=3448"},"modified":"2015-04-23T11:00:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T18:00:42","slug":"is-it-love-or-just-lust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aarron.com\/flow\/2015\/04\/is-it-love-or-just-lust\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Love or just Lust?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it love or lust? A question we have all asked ourselves on a few occasions I am sure.
\nA better question (in my mind) is does it matter?
\nBoth love and lust are exciting and wonderful feelings.
\nBoth love and lust can inspire us into action.
\nBoth love and lust can make our heart race and our minds turn to mush.
\nThe hard part when it comes to finding people that can hold our interests indefinitely is to find someone who gives us a taste of both.
\nOne without the other is like a half filled cup. It can quench our thirst, but we become parched soon after.
\nTo be fully content we need the whole darn glass to be filled.
\nSo to me… love and lust are equals. Neither is more important than the other. I m happy to have my thirst quenched in either manner.<\/p>\n

On to the art…<\/p>\n

\"Is<\/a><\/p>\n

I was still in my retro , pulp art, pop comic, graphic novel mindset obviously.
\nBecause of the subject matter I wanted it to have a grungy feeling so I dirtied it up. Because of the style I wanted it to POP so I used bold color blocks.
\nAs a painter I primarily stick with opaque paints when it comes to acrylics. When I do use semi opaque paints it is usually only to glaze over the top of complimentary and semi close colors, but in this case I used single coats of semi opaques over very different colors to give it that feeling without sacrificing vividness. It is a very different look and handling for me.<\/p>\n

This is 12″ x 12″ on stretched canvas.
\nPrints of the original (as shown above) can be found HERE<\/a> via Fine Art America.
\nI did two very different digital remixes of this painting.
\nOne you can find on Redbubble<\/a>. I primarily did this one for stickers<\/a> and the coffee mug<\/a> (because I am a coffee fanatic) but you can also find wall art, cards, and shirts available.
\nThe other version is available via Society6<\/a>. This is my personal favorite rendition. I recommend the 13″ x 13″ print on canvas<\/a> if you are way frigg’n pimp. It does cost 4 times as much as the regular prints<\/a>, but hey… it is darn cool! <\/p>\n

Now to just be a dork I give to you the “Official” definitions of love and lust.
\nThese are both from dictionary.reference.com<\/a>
\nlust
\n[luhst]
\nSpell Syllables
\nSynonyms Examples Word Origin
\nnoun
\n1.
\nintense sexual desire or appetite.
\n2.
\nuncontrolled or illicit sexual desire or appetite; lecherousness.
\n3.
\na passionate or overmastering desire or craving (usually followed by for):
\na lust for power.
\n4.
\nardent enthusiasm; zest; relish:
\nan enviable lust for life.
\n5.
\nObsolete.
\npleasure or delight.
\ndesire; inclination; wish.
\nverb (used without object)
\n6.
\nto have intense sexual desire.
\n7.
\nto have a yearning or desire; have a strong or excessive craving (often followed by for or after).<\/p>\n

love
\n[luhv]
\nSpell Syllables
\nSynonyms Examples Word Origin
\nnoun
\n1.
\na profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
\n2.
\na feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
\n3.
\nsexual passion or desire.
\n4.
\na person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.
\n5.
\n(used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like):
\nWould you like to see a movie, love?
\n6.
\na love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour.
\n7.
\nsexual intercourse; copulation.
\nExpand
\nverb (used with object), loved, loving.
\n15.
\nto have love or affection for:
\nAll her pupils love her.
\n16.
\nto have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person).
\n17.
\nto have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in:
\nto love music.
\n18.
\nto need or require; benefit greatly from:
\nPlants love sunlight.
\n19.
\nto embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.
\n20.
\nto have sexual intercourse with.
\nverb (used without object), loved, loving.
\n21.
\nto have love or affection for another person; be in love.
\nVerb phrases
\n22.
\nlove up, to hug and cuddle:
\nShe loves him up every chance she gets.
\nIdioms
\n23.
\nfor love,
\nout of affection or liking; for pleasure.
\nwithout compensation; gratuitously:
\nHe took care of the poor for love.
\n24.
\nfor the love of, in consideration of; for the sake of:
\nFor the love of mercy, stop that noise.
\n25.
\nin love, infused with or feeling deep affection or passion:
\na youth always in love.
\n26.
\nin love with, feeling deep affection or passion for (a person, idea, occupation, etc.); enamored of:
\nin love with the girl next door; in love with one’s work.
\n27.
\nmake love,
\nto embrace and kiss as lovers.
\nto engage in sexual activity.
\n28.
\nno love lost, dislike; animosity:
\nThere was no love lost between the two brothers.<\/p>\n

It is strange to me how the “official” definitions of anything suck the frigg’n life out of a word , thought, or feeling.
\nEven Love and Lust sound boring and lame when a dictionary gets a hold of them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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