In the history of language, the Modern English “love” evolved from the Old English lufu, which encapsulated a range of meanings – sexual attraction, affection, friendliness, the love of God, love as an abstraction or personification. The word descended from Proto-Germanic, with cognates in other Germanic languages, such as the German liebe.

 

Its ultimate origin is the Proto-Indo-European root leubh- “to care, desire, love” – the same source as for words including the Sanskrit lubhyati “desires” and the Latin libido “desire, longing, sensual passion, lust”.

 

In the history of art, the concept of love has been a prominent theme. And in the 20th century, the most iconic rendition of love is surely American pop artist Robert Indiana’s LOVE. Crucially, in his work – which Indiana himself described as “verbal-visual” – the meaning of the word is reflected in its typography

Thomas Martini 
only raw sounds since 1990

hello! I live in a North Wales village. I make odd indie music in my garage. I've started and ended lots of projects. Been in bands. Started a family. 

This profile is various parts of that story and new things I'm working on and little oddities and sketches. Some of it might end up with other projects, on albums, who knows.
 
I am also in a band called Mechanical Owl and do a project called Sightseers and do other things. This is a place for some of that too.

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