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RED: A Love
Story
RED: A Love
Story is about the
forbidden love between a teacher and his student, and how they fall in love
only to be torn apart and embark on a journey of self-discovery. When the two
meet again, they need to deal with a far more complex situation than the
obstacles they had faced in the beginning of their relationship.
Human nature
fascinates me, especially the challenges posed in romantic relationships. What
makes two people fall in love? What makes them stay in love or fall out of
love?
Biologically,
love follows a cycle. It starts with passion and a chain of chemical reactions
that goes as far as evaluating our partner’s immune system through the sense of
smell in order to decide if he or she is a good match for reproduction.
Everything
happens in a flash, without us even realizing what’s going on in our busy
primitive brain. When an offspring is born, our body produces special hormones
to ensure that we stay with our partner to raise the child. Once a partner is
no longer needed for that, the biological tendency of love is to end.
That’s it, then?
We’re talking
about our body. What happens to our mind?
During the
infatuation period, it obsesses with the object of our desire. We lose our
appetite, we can’t concentrate, we barely sleep. There’s a good reason why
passion doesn’t last too long: we couldn’t physically survive it. What ensues
is a period of tranquil bliss, and with it comes routine.
The problem is
our mind is geared to seek novelty. We need constant stimulation. Once the
blissful blindness of passion is over, we may gradually get bored with our
partner, and that’s the death sentence to love. Avoiding it requires effort and
constant care.
Now let’s move up
one more level: what happens to the spirit?
There resides the
great enigma of love. It is the encounter of two souls teaching each other
lessons that need to be learned by each individual. In a spiritual level, souls
seek one another for mutual growth. If there are no longer lessons to be
learned from a given partner, our soul will look for another one. The same
happens, by the way, with every person that comes into our life.
That’s love in a
nutshell. But there is so much more to it. According to French philosopher
André Comte-Sponville, love is the greatest virtue of all because it is the
deepest. Love is a mystery, and I like to explore it in my writing. That’s why
I write romance.
RED: A Love
Story is an unusual
romance novel with references to philosophy, psychology, literature and music.
It became a personal scrapbook with the little treasures that made a difference
in my life, and I want to share them with readers.
I’ll end this
post with a quote from RED: “Serendipity bears a grain of magic
cleverness. Sometimes it comes disguised as a dwarf carrying a pebble, whereas
in fact it is a giant silently moving a mountain to change the landscape.”
Go with the flow
and let serendipity surprise you in love and life. :)
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About the
author: Nicole Collet is
a Brazilian-born writer and translator with degrees in journalism and cultural management.
She has edited and translated works from authors as diverse as Ken Follet, Nora
Roberts and Machiavelli. Nicole’s writing explores why people fall in
love and what it takes for them to stay in love. Her plots invite readers
to think outside the box, merging story with psychology, neuroscience,
philosophy, music, and literature.
Links:
- Homepage with book trailer, quotes and sample chapters
from RED: http://nicolecollet.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicoleCollet
- Amazon: http://amzn.to/1Svy2qI
Thank you so much, O.D., for having me on your blog and creating such a beautiful page for my humble words... :)
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