What is actually Love? and whose definition of this 4 letter word is correct? Do we create the rules as we go along? Are there set rules? Is there really a thin line between love and hate? A lot to contemplate on for sure, but these are questions one commonly ask themselves. Sometimes we tend to put this 4 letter word on a Pedestal as if it were some type of Greek goddess. This book challenges you to have a new outlook on this thing we call “Love”. As with anything else in life there are negative as well as positive aspects Of this word, and anybody that has experienced life somewhat knows this to be true, so without stepping on anybody toes, let’s try and be open, for this is merely my outlook on the 4 letter word. So with that said, I welcome you to my Scope on the Topic of L.O.V.E happy reading.
Loomis Connell Green was born in Daytona Beach, Florida in
1968 and began learning the guitar at 9 years of age. At the age of
19 he studied Jazz guitar at a local university, he then left
Daytona Beach Florida after his studies and joined the U.S. Army
Band and was stationed in Berlin Germany. While serving 3
years playing at military engagements, he was honorably discharged
from the military in 1991, due to a knee operation that caused him
to be unable to run for long periods of time rendering him unfit
for military duties. He then began working for such acts as:
“Weather Girls, Eartha Kitt” and many more well-known
artists. In the mid 90's Loomis began composing and producing
for artists in Europe and America. He is a “chameleon”!
Meaning he is well versed in many styles such as Jazz, Rock,
Funk, RnB, Soul, Latin and Gospel. When not touring, he’s teaching,
producing and working as a studio guitarist. His list of
performances consist of but are not limited to the following
artists: “Jan Delay, Eartha Kitt, Weather Girls, Benny Golson,
Kenny Burrell, Patricia Kaas, Buster Williams, Horace Parlan, Aloe
Blacc, Santana, Nelly Furtado, Nadja Benaissa, Taco, Amp Fiddler”
etc. He has toured together with: “Chic, Leo Sawyer, Stylistics,
the Tramps, Village People, George Mccrae”, and more. Loomis is
currently guitarist with the group Jan Delay and Disko No. 1 and
has been for 10 years. The group has 2 back to back platinum
LP´s and one Gold on which Loomis has composed and performed.
We seem to always confuse the difference between being in love and being in love with being in love. James Joyce said and I quote “Love love to love love” The misconception is us thinking that love comes natural when in fact We need love to Survive love is a necessity. Let’s take Puppy love for instance, such a Young mind wouldn’t know better then to think wow!! This is that supreme love The relationship of all relationships, And joy has reached its optimal status And of course for this young unexperienced mind this could be reality. But as you grow older you realize hey!! There’s more to come I need to give myself time to grow. So that being the case one could ask the question “ now was that truly love? I felt a strong desire to be with this person for the rest of my life and look what happened, In this sense love was just a temporary settlement of ongoing pleasure. I don’t knock love but it fools us time and time again. Then you encounter your first broken heart Which seemingly reaches the maximum limit of pain Humanly possible, at least it seems that wayTo such a young mind. As we mature and grow we realize this is simply a part of life And we inevitably take the good with the bad. Although I wouldn’t say love pains are bad because we need them to grow. My first love that swore up-and-down that I was the love of her life cheated on me within the blink of an eye With a friend, well so-called friend And to be fair, to be honest, I’m sure she thought she was in love with me, But her actions taught me that we don’t always know ourselves and our true feelings. Yes, we tend to call it Love but sometimes it’s merely positive life experiences All rolled up into one big Chunk of happiness.We may as well bow down to love right now because let’s face it we can never win, love will win every time it has a hold on us that we could never break And the sooner we realize this the better off we will all be. This doesn’t mean one should be afraid to love or to be open enough to receive love , On the contrary, We should receive it with open arms ,but we should also be aware of its dreadfulness. A Friend that survive the Vietnam war once told me the way he made it through was to always expect the worse so that he would never be surprised if something bad Had happened. Well, as far as Love is concerned we should be prepared for anything because anything can happen. How does one fall out of love after being so sure and Determined that love is real? Is it part of Our built-in mechanism to live for the moment?