The past does not lie fully behind us, but continues to resonate in the present; subtly, yet perceptibly. The past seems to shape our future choices, perspectives, and expectations. This influence is especially visible in how we experience love. Past and lost loves form certain patterns of how we engage with romantic relationships. 

 

How do we continually develop our view on love in a different way? 

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Falling in love, or maybe rather: love falling on to you. Through fragments from the romantic lives of my French and Dutch grandmothers, I trace how love is remembered over time. These memories are not approached as personal history, but as archetypes of connection and separation. While love and romantic relationships remain deeply personal, its recurring patterns reveal something shared, something timeless. In this interplay between memory and emotion, between past and present, we may find new ways to understand how love appears, transforms, and endures.