Relational
What if love isn't something you fall into?
That sounds wrong at first. Of course love is a feeling, right? But bell hooks made a distinction that changes everything: love is a verb, not a noun. It's something you do, not something you stumble into.
Love is as love does. Love is an act of will — namely, both an intention and an action.— bell hooks, *All About Love*
The full breakdown — the context, the shift, and a question to sit with — opens in the Insights app.
The thinker
Cultural Critic & Love Theorist
bell hooks (1952–2021) was an American author, professor, and social critic whose work explored how love, race, gender, and power intersect in everyday life.
Based on bell hooks — Are You Really Ready to Love?, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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