Comments on: Mad, Passionate, Extraordinary Love

By: chris

chris — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 04:10:32 +0000

I absolutely love the poster. It is extraordinary. But yes, the “mad love” thing can be deceptive if taken at face value. I agree with what was said in the first few comments between Kelly and Siddhartha.

By: Nicki

Nicki — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:03:52 +0000

Mad, passionate, extraordinary – all words I would use to describe life and love. You are so wise, Kelly. We work at what we love and that means we love the work we must do. It is so worth the work to have that feeling and that love.

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Regret Is A Luxury And A Vice | Cleavage by Kelly Diels. — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:41:05 +0000

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By: patrick

patrick — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:40:55 +0000

I love the conversation in the comments.

And the poster is amazing.

If it was mine I’d create two versions, one for love and one for life.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:20:28 +0000

I want that love – I keep losing it BUT, this reminded me I can have love “MAD love” for not just “romantic love”

By: William

William — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:32:28 +0000

Very perceptive and insightful people here. Glad I ran across the site in a Facebook re-post!

By: katie

katie — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:58:23 +0000

This is also like a lesson in how to wake up your existing love and make it more mad and extraordinary. Yes, I need to practice more radical devotion to my husband. Sometimes I poke fun and that’s just not mad love. I shall madly and deeply defend him, listen to him and love him, because he’s a really good man. I’m feelin’ it. Love your blog.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:04:16 +0000

I can’t help but throw my hat in the ring! I agree with the idea that love, life is a matter of the mind. I see so many people with a mind set of mediocrity. Sure most days have a healthy dose of mediocrity, but we don’t have to be so damned willing to settle for it!

What’s wrong with wanting the breast heaving, nipple hardening, groin aching, hard-on desire for love and life? Will it come everyday, every moment? Only in the movies. Should we settle for mediocrity? Only in lives that spend most of their time in dark lifeless corners filled with longing and despair.

I choose to have a hard-on for life and sometimes being disappointed rather than settle for a mediocre life and and occasionally have my socks blown off!

By: Marthe

Marthe — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:52:17 +0000

Loving my boyfriend (and being loved in return) makes me feel extraordinary. It also sometimes makes me mad. And there is room in our relationships for us both to live passionately.

By: Irving Podolsky

Irving Podolsky — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:34:08 +0000

“Love!” It has so many definitions. On this post I recognize, INTUITION, DEVOTION, LOYALTY, INFATUATION, ENTHUSIASM, ROMANCE, SEXUALITY and PASSION. I interpret Tara’s love poster as relating to a CONNECTION, whatever that union might be. In terms of a loving connection, what must it it contain to me be meaningful and constructive? A loving connection demands TRUTH. Without truth, love disintegrates into something else me might label as “love,” maybe even calling it mediocre love, but it is not love. It’s deception, or at the very least, delusion.

Reread that poster, substituting the word TRUTH for LOVE, and see if it still applies to your belief system.

Irv