vincentML
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ORIGINAL: LadyAngelika Elan, as always, I appreciate your perspective. Thank you for your post. It's nice to see when men have reached a level of maturity that they "get it". And to be called a "hot, Domme babe", love it! ;-) I want to just highlight one thing you said. quote:
Interestingly, for better or worse, I think a lot of boys have seen so many fetish pictures, pictures of tits and ass, pictures of dommes wearing leather and brandishing whips, and pictures to inspire hard disposition that we're somewhat immune. Yes, this goes against the OP somewhat, but it needs to be said because I know many boys who feel this way. If a domme doesn't show aspects of her vanilla life and interests outside BDSM, and cannot communicate with courtesy and with some degree of literacy, kinky pictures won't convince me to reply. I think the immunity comes with maturity. I think at some point, you get to this place where you think to yourself "there's got to be more to life than this!". You realise that the pictures are pretty, but they aren't real, they are hollow, and they don't giggle, kiss and listen to you. I wish to disagree with this thought. I am not a young man and have had my share of experience and I must tell you that fetish pictures do not cease to inspire and arouse me, and if they ever do then I presume I will be dead and gone. Some pictures of course are more provocative than others. Immunity? OMFG! I hope never. I am hardly an immature man. Of course the pictures are not real, but the arousal is because the pictures are processed through my sexually active brain. I find Sardex's work very erotic. Respectfully, I think you might misunderstand the role of erotic art in bdsm and the happy effects it has upon many men. Porn is tedious and immature. Art is suggestive, arousing, and seductive. A huge difference. quote:
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ORIGINAL: seekingOwnertoo Or are W/we losing the art of seduction ... and replacing it with ... pictures? That is such an accurate remark. A great picture can convey a thousand words. Not all pictures are great pictures. And we have to be conscious of the pictures we use, I agree. I carefully chose my picture. The words that Elan used to describe echo in great part the reasons why I chose it. I don't find it sexual. I find it highly romantic from the domme/male sub perspective. And almost an ironic statement considering that my avatar is a work of art, not just a fetish pic. Had I put the The Birth of Venus by Botticelli depecting a woman naked, reborn, being adored and catered to, would I have had the same remarks? Or the Venus of Urbino by Titian who reclines naked on her sofa while servants busy themselves in the back ground. Plenty of tits and ass in those paintings! My best friend is an accomplished painter with quite the following and one of her series was an exploration of erotica. Should that series be labeled as porn? No, it's art, it's erotica, it's her expression, it's sex, it's natural! - LA May I also disagree with your comments here Lady Angelika? The Sardex picture you chose shows a boy who is obviously aroused, if you look closely enough at the bulge in his pants as they are being removed; he is surrounded by three active Mistresses who have obvious intent to act upon him; he is the center of their attention; and he is in a delicious state of helplessness. Not at all a comparison to the works of Botticelli and the rest whose Venuses are quite sedate, reserved and modest. Are you kidding me, dear Lady? You may find it "romantic." but I find it arousing. I can read a very sexual story from it. And let me disagree with seekingOwnertoo. We are not losing the art of seduction. Art has always been seductive and for very good reason. We are genetically hard wired, I think, to distinguish good safe patterns from evil dangerous patterns. The visual arts have always played an important role in human sexual activity. I think seekingOwnertoo's comic book analogy is way off the mark. Nobody says, "Would you like to come up and see my comic books, my dear?" as a prelude to seduction; but etchings have had their day. Lady A, I think we submissive men are from Mars and You are from Venus when it comes to the image depicted in your avatar. Given a choice of romantic vs erotic, without any context or studying your profile or reading this thread, I think the majority of submissive men would vote the latter. Just mho. I would vote that and i am far beyond the comic book stage I assure you. That image is HOT! *grins*
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