desde amor a casarse

i've been reading methods articles all morning, which at first was making me a little rezed out, but at some point it struck me how similar fieldwork and relationships are. You start out a stranger, but attracted for some reason to this person or place. You may have a good amount of second hand information, but want to experience it and learn for yourself. slowly, you discover more and more about the "object" of affection or study, and are either turned off or further enamored. eventually, it is daily life. it is integrated. it is not me and you but we. you are part of your "field." and they have lifespans. sometimes the anthropologists leaves after a year. sometimes a lover leaves as well. and other times they stay. or return again and again. in any case, the mark love and fieldwork make on both "object" and "subject" are permanent. they change you.

well, enough sappiness for today. but i'll leave you with a picture of true love