The site at Meoto Iwa in Japan. Two stones are joined in matrimony several times every year in a special Shinto ceremony.

Big Time Romance

When we hear the words “romance,” “intimacy,” or “love,” we typically envision people staring into one-another’s eyes, walking hand-in-hand, embracing, engaged in all manner of wondrously intimate expression. The predominant idea is that romance is exclusive, and likewise an exclusively human affair. But is the idea of love as a human-only notion unreasonable? More…