Jackson Pollock

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Jackson Pollock Lavender Mist
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Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte - 1884
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At least three questions come to my mind

• What informs a Philosophy of Love?
• What is the Nature of the Influences that
  Inform?
• What can assist in formulating this Philosophy?

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What Informs a Philosophy of Love?

• Life Experiences
• or rephrased
• Influences on our Lives.

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What is the Nature of the Influences that
Inform?

• Nature connoting specific nominal influences
  e.g. relationships, pursuits
• Nature connoting the adjectival quality of the
  influence e.g. blatant vs. subtle

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Nature of Influences (nominal)
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Nature of Influences (adjectival)

• active vs. passive
• conscious vs. unconscious
• blatant vs. subtle
• positive vs. negative

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Excursus Influence of Time
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Excursus Influence of Time

• Love is not stagnant, hence a philosophy of
  love should not be stagnant.
• It is constantly developing, changing, altering,
  transforming itself - if ever so subtly.
• Past, present, and future all participate in
  love and, hence, should be part of ones
  philosophy of love.

- How?
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What can assist in formulating a Philosophy of
Love?
A philosophy of love, like a philosophy of art,
music, education, should be more than a random
gathering of thoughts or experiences related to
love. Clearly it should contain influences and
responses, but the questions obtain How should
these influences and responses be conjoined? Can
we discover a universal template?
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Consider a template following the categorization
of love as inPlatos Symposium

• Nomos
• Philia
• Eros
• Agape
• (Caritas)

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We might follow the key elements in Platos
definition of love in The Symposium

• Love is relation of one thing to another
• Love is relation of lack
• Love is need of beauty Moreover
• Love is in between beauty ugly
• Love is relation of mortals w/immortals, with
  mortals wishing to participate/share

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Or we might follow the Cycles of Life

• Falling in Love/Young Love
• Married Love
• Family Love
• Senior Love

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Suggestions

• Gather Data (relationships, pursuits,
  experiences)
• Analyze Data (adjectival nature or Platonic
  categories)
• rank by level of influence
• discard the superfluous or unnecessary

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Present Findings

• Essay format 3000-4000 words
• be reflective, creative
• include your influences
• include documentation
• No dictionary definitions
• Let your essay ultimately build to the
  culmination of your philosophy in a manner which
  is uniquely you

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Presentations

• Individual
• Casual presentation of most compelling aspect of
  your philosophy of love. Be creative use
  music, art, or
• Groups
• each group of 5-6 students will present a
  PowerPoint Presentation that presents a
  philosophy of love
• As Class
• Each student will bring in a music selection that
  most poignantly reflects his/her thoughts on
  love