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Affichage des articles du juin 8, 2015

LOVE ME NO MORE

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Ah the years are rushing by again. Remember these two chapters? « Locks and Love » http://discovmaggsie.blogspot.com/2012/03/locks-and-love.html then « Ah Sweet Love » http://discovmaggsie.blogspot.com/2012/03/ah-sweet-love.html In 2012, the bridge that was touched the most was the Pont Des Arts. Soon every possible bridge in the centre of Paris was being « destroyed » by the weight of the locks. Once they became rusty due to the rain or elements it became even worse. Perhaps it was a sweet tradition to sign a lock, put it onto the railing and then thrown the key away. Being somewhat cynical about love, I’ve often wondered what happens when the couple « falls out of love ». The lock could hardly of been recuperated. It’s a tradition that came from Rome and yet when I went onto Wiki, I found this….. « The history of love padlocks dates back at least 100 years to a melancholic Serbian tale of World War I, with an attribution for the bridge Most Ljubavi (lit. the Bridge of Love)