Saint Valentinus was
one of several martyrs by that name in ancient
Rome. Although being a martyr for love is
a common human experience, I don't think
that's what the purveyors and consumers of
chocolates and champagne have in mind on
Valentine's Day. Why, on every fourteenth
of February, the tragic Valentinus
has to endure posthumously carrying the weight
of all this sugar and bubbling sentimentality
is a mystery nobody want to solve. Of
course any day is a good day for celebrating
love and all its derivatives, sacred or
profane, so I'm not going to object if anybody
wants to shower me with sweetness in any
form whatsoever today. Or any other day.
One who is not toeing
the standard Valentine line is Dave
Bonta at his
humming beehive of internetted creativity:
be sure to tune in to his Platonic
Valentine podcast
today and listen to the contributions which
his request for submissions brought in, including
one from me. Dave has many talents, not the
least of which is a knack for creating a
welcoming village atmosphere at Via
Negativa, eliciting and encouraging
others' inventiveness whilst continually
exploring and developing his own.
By the way, I've added
an illustration to Part
12 of La
Vie en Rosé. Next episode coming soon.
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