ART photography by AMANDA CHARCHIAN interview by OLIVIER ZAHM for the purple love issue, amanda charchian created a series of painted images inspired by the greek myth of pygmalion, who falls in love with his own sculpture of his ideal woman. he prays to the goddess aphrodite to bring the sculpture to life. galatea is born. OLIVIER ZAHM — How would you describe your personal experience of love? AMANDA CHARCHIAN — Amanda, my name, means “worthy of love,” by the way. Love is the most beautiful and complex sculptural entity in all of life! It transforms, morphs, turns itself inside out. It teaches us what the meaning of change is. It teaches us what time is. OLIVIER ZAHM — What is your secret definition of love? AMANDA CHARCHIAN — For me, love is the desire to get closer, to blur boundaries, to multiply intimacy, to surrender and assimilate, to devour…