But what romance means, it's actually something not so much into the sunset, and more into the heart breaking hedonism. You see, romance comes from ROMANTIC, which is an ideological and artistic movement, that means ROME-ANTIC, as in ATI-ROME. Why if it is such a beautiful place for a honey moon? you may say.

Well, what they meant by ATI-ROME was the antithesis of the Classic, of whatever was founded in thoughts and rigoroous rules for the art. Whatever had focus only on the ideas and pefection, was what the Romantics stood angainst. So it was an expression against rules, against thought ruling art, against bringing reason into the feelings; it was the separation of the mind and the soul.

So the mere movement was to finally feel the feelings, to let them in and control over the judgement and the blind to anything that was not passional. And what a way to do it, to become dark, miserable, and damaged creatures who wandered around. Looking to get their hearts broken, yearning to be rejected and humilliated, waiting to have their dreams murdered and disected on a tray. That was romance, a dark expression of the feelings into the suffering love brought, about all the wounds life could give to your psyche.

So, is the term we use today about romance correctly used? I wouldn't bet on that, but something is true, it doesn't look a thing today like it used to. The film where the poor girl meets the rich man and they fall inlove and at the end they marry, and they are actually happy, that could not be considered as romance, ever. But today we use this terms and those, and it has become what it has become. 

But about today's romance, I do have noticed a similarity with the ancient one. The principle of letting go of the brain, and just go with the feeling. And trust me, I don't mean this in an idealistic way, people actually become stupid. Because why else would someone wait for someone else for years if it is not to suffer? Why would we idealize someone and have the idea of them ruin us to the person an have a destined-to-fail relationship? Why would we ow to spend the rest of our lives with someone, if it wasn't because an abandom of thought?

So, that's what romance is, becoming stupid. Leaving ideas aside. 

But, apparently, stop thinking had never felt so good

or so they say

By I'm the penguin