THE LOVE SURVEY

a.k.a. ‘Anonymous Love Data Collection Project’

The Love Survey was a project started by Amber Goodwyn in late 2022 to collect anonymous stories and perspectives about the experience of love, in order to write songs for her music project Natural Sympathies. The survey has been circulated on-line continuously since then via Google Form. Paper surveys were also distributed and collected in oskana kâ-asastêki / Treaty 4, Regina, Saskatchewan. Additionally, Goodwyn conducted one-on-one interviews over Zoom, phone, and in person. The resulting album by Natural Sympathies will be available in 2026.

SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS: THE ANONYMOUS LOVE DATA COLLECTION SURVEY

THE SURVEY QUESTIONS

  1. What is love? Please explain.
  2. What does love feel like?
  3. What kinds of love are there? Please name or describe some of them.
  4. How do you know when you’re in love?
  5. Please describe a time or circumstance when you felt loved.
  6. Who are the people you love the most?
  7. Are there any objects that you love? Please describe them.
  8. Are there any animals that you love? Please describe them.
  9. What is the opposite of love, or what is unloving?
  10. Have you ever been surprised by love? Please explain.
  11. What does touch have to do with love, if anything?
  12. How have your ideas of love been shaped by your family, or not?
  13. Do you have any private loves? Please describe them (or not).
  14. Have you ever stopped loving someone or something? Please explain.
  15. Has anyone ever stopped loving you? Please describe.
  16. What is your favourite story about love, real or imagined? Please describe.
  17. What do you love about yourself?
  18. What advice have you been given about love? Did you take it?
  19. What advice would you give others about love?
  20. What is another word for love?

A sound art piece, called THE LOVE PROJECT, was also created and debuted in July 2024 as part of holophon audio art‘s Listening Station at the Art Gallery of Regina. It features a selection of answers from the ‘Anonymous Love Data Collection Project Survey’, read by volunteer voice actors Jaecy Bells, Lisa Blond, Max Ceron, Risa Horowitz, Matt Horseman, Caitlin Mullan, Avery Mytopher, Britt Muir, Cecilia Rands, Mike Rollo, Phil Simpson, and Meghan Trenholm.

Listen to the sound art piece below (32 minutes, 55 seconds):