Romance is a frame of mind characterized by the idealization of reality. This is a state in which lyrical and romantic experiences, emotions, dreams, and emotional uplift play the main role. Such an attitude can be both temporary (for example, arising during a bright love), and permanent.
When it comes to romance, the first thing that comes to mind is the relationship between lovers. Romantic people idealize their partner, seeing only positive qualities in him. At this time, the influence of the outside world fades into the background, the most important is the union of two lovers, their relationship, intimate attraction. Thanks to books and films, many have formed standard ideas about the attributes of a romantic setting: candles, rose petals on the bed, silk sheets, a disc from the Romantic Collection and a bottle of good wine. In fact, any setting that pleases and inspires the beloved can be romantic.
However, romance is not only about idealizing the relationship between lovers. There is also the romance of wandering, the romance of a certain way of life (bohemian life, the life of gangsters), the romance of war. Most often, people who are superficially familiar with the subject of their passions idealize their chosen pastime: they draw the image of a stern traveler who has seen the world, or a brave warrior saving oppressed peoples. With a detailed acquaintance with such a pastime, most of the illusions most often disappear.
One might get the impression that romance is just false illusions that disappear over time. In fact, everything depends on the perception of reality by a person. After all, one traveler during the hike will pay attention to the lack of basic amenities, annoying insects and long transitions. A romantic, carried away by bird watching, may not notice these difficulties at all.
Separately, it should be said about such a direction as romanticism. human life, unity with nature. The image of a wise savage who lives in harmony with nature and is not spoiled by civilization is becoming a popular image in literature.
