Submit Your Stories to 'Share Your Love'

pair of rings, 'I've loved you since the moment I met you' and 'I want to be your wife Always' (2006)

SHARE YOUR LOVE
It is an idea that has been at the back of my mind for two years now! A project collecting stories of love for use in art projects and a book! All Love! Your love! Submissions of all love in all languages are welcome! Because the world is full of love <3

It is an evolving project! The final project will be a book! For 2008 selected stories of 'Love' will be used in pieces in my 'Like Wearing a Love Letter' Series) while others will be present in my upcoming solo show ‘Like Wearing a Love Letter’at the Crafthouse Gallery (March 27th to May 4th, 2008) in Vancouver Canada. Further shows are quite possible and potential. While directly related to my work I also *love* love and the idea of collecting stories of love from around the world was just great. I've meant to do this long before I started my Love Letter Series in 2006- where I wrote my own stories of love.

The wide range of love is welcome: platonic, passionate, bitter, pure, joyous, brief, long-term, deep, shallow, unconditional, etc. Love of a partner, a vocation, an idea. A collection of stories of all love.

A bit of biographical info to accompany the story (#'s 1-4, as below) is helpful.

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SHARE YOUR LOVE (working title)
1- Name (very, very optional) or Initials (also optional):
2- Sex:
3- Age:
4- Country:
5- Title: (can be a sentence long- I'm thinking of this as a summary)
6- Story (a few lines to a couple paragraphs):

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Flyers and postcards and a PO box for mailing to come! But, for now, to submit just email info(at)colleenbaran.com with the subject line 'Share Your Love'. Stories without names or initials will be treated as anonymous.

Check back for updates on the call!