Why is "forbidden love" an important idea in the histories of people around the world? When you think of it, in all societies there are probably many kinds of romantic relationships that are forbidden.
What is important historically is when artists or writers begin to celebrate such "forbidden" love, or at least to treat it sympathetically, as Shakespeare does in "Romeo and Juliet." Why should this matter? Because it shows that some people recognize the legitimacy of private feelings as opposed to public morality. It shows that an individual has a space belonging to him or her which is separate from society’s rules and which has its own kind of rightness which doesn’t always conform to what society demands.
Love finds a way and with that thought, cannot be erased by laws or rules. It is the fabric that never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the waters of grief. Love is the power that motivates hope, and hope is what makes us live today as if tomorrow were yesterday.
Photos via IMAGE magazine
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