本論文的目的為反省作者對於愛的想法。本論文的作品分為六個題目：對自己的愛、情愛、愛與家人、神聖的愛、女人與愛、愛與語言。本論文的作品分為這六部份的原因是因為作者的研究範圍包括古希臘哲學家對於愛的深刻研究與探討，以及現代社會哲學家對於愛的看法。作者認為這六個研究部份是在她人生中目前最有相關經驗以及最可以深刻理解的部份。

古希臘的語言裡面給予不同的愛不同的字詞，可是英文裡面只有一個字來表達不同的愛。作者認為這造成了現代社會對於愛的錯誤理解與誤會，也對於愛這個概念的瑕疵。有鑑於此，作者希望本論文可以透過藝術來思考愛的本質跟多元。目前已經有不少書籍、電影與音樂在討論此概念，可是在視覺藝術方面比較少看到關於愛的哲學之相關文獻。作者希望能夠藉此論文貢獻與補足人們對於愛的認知。

另外一個創作原因是因為作者會透過藝術來瞭解自己的生活經驗跟心情，所以作者希望能夠透過本論文來反省她從小到現在對於愛的經驗跟一直在成長的想法。作者希望觀者欣賞她的作品時可以想起自己人生的經驗跟自己人生走過的路，去思考愛這個主題來學習珍惜所有的愛也學習怎麼更勇敢偉大地去愛與接受愛。作者希望透過這個方式來讓大家更加理解愛。

The purpose of this thesis is to provide my own reflections on love. I have split the topic into six sections: loving oneself, romantic love, love and family, women and love, sacred love, and lastly, love and language. These sections arise from my research and knowledge of the philosophy behind the idea of love, as talked about extensively in Ancient Greek texts and modern day philosophies and religions.

The Ancient Greeks had many words and definitions for different types of love, but I feel that today’s society is in a state of crisis because we tend to focus solely on romantic love. Therefore, my thesis seeks to address these issues through the medium of art, partly driven by the fact that there are many books, many movies and a lot of music on this subject, but very little of yet in the realm of fine art. I hope to be able to break new ground on this.

Another reason for embarking on this thesis is because through creating art, I am able to express and understand my own emotions, hence this thesis is also a personal journey of my own experiences of love in my life from my birth until this day. I hope that when others look at my work, they can feel a strong emotion within themselves, as even though each person’s experience is personal to oneself, we as a collective whole are ever trying to better understand this emotion that drives and affects us all.

Chapter One: Introduction 1
Section One: General Statement of the Problem 1
Section Two: Significance of the Thesis 2
Section Three: Research Question(s), Limitations and Delimitations, Assumptions and Definitions of Terms 3
Chapter Two: Review of Related Literature 5
Section One: Marc Chagall 5
Section Two: Greek Philosophies of Love 12
Section Three: Eros 15
Section Four: The Philosophies of Thich Nhat Hanh 20
Section Five: The Work of Alain de Botton 22
Section Six: The Impact of Language on Love 23
Section Seven: Artwork Whose Energies Inspire Me 26
Section Eight: Kartika Affandi’s Painting Method 29
Chapter Three: Design and Methodology 32
Section One: Thesis Artwork Design Plan 32
Section Two: Thesis Artwork Methodology 33
Section Three: Painting Using My Hands 34
Section Four: How I Create 36
Section Five: Colour Studies 44
Chapter Four: Findings 47
Section One: Loving Oneself 47
Section Two: Romantic Love 55
Section Three: Love and Family 67
Section Four: Women and Love 76
Section Five: Sacred Love 85
Section Six: Love and Language 93
Section Seven: Solo Exhibition 98
Chapter Five: Conclusion 101
Section One: Conclusion 101
Section Two: Future Work 103
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