Great post!

I feel like I could write an entire dissertation strictly dedicated to this head, it is so inspiring... I surely would love to climb inside its head too, just like you did, and probably not alone either.   ;)

Love offer both the blindness as long as we aren't yet aware of its different faces... On the long run, so to speak as time goes by, one realizes that with love comes pains for which one can't run away from. It is a law. At first, the young love believes blind-foldedly that it is all bright, shinning and easy, floating on cloud nine, how could one not believe so... But, through experiencing love, we sure loose our heads while unaware in the fires of our youth but we also may loose our head fully aware of the fact that love comes with the price of pains. Pains that we would rather endure than not experiencing love. As we say in French, "Ça vaut la peine!"Meaning that it is worth all the pains that one experiences in order to have this specific experience. It is in some ways a more radical version of the english saying "It is worth it!".

As you underlined, the weathered and cracked version appeals to me too, an awful lot! I'm kind of glad to know that it is found in my neighbourhood!

Thanks again for a golden opportunity to share and learn, namaste   :)