Archer -> RE: Beginner Dom (3/29/2005 10:45:21 AM)
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Committment to learning what? I got from the OP that he's looking for a sub of his own - a fulltime partner. I have no knowledge of Newark but if there's a decent population there, there'll be a fem/sub or two about so it's easy to understand if he's reluctant to travel thousands of miles to begin with.... But I am curious myself.... I've had similar exchanges with Taggard but you don't seem prone to his theatrics; so just what is the perceived importance of attending events etc other than they can be a great place to meet someone initially? And, referring to your first post, is it "normal" for everyone over there to treat subs almost like used cars - to "try before you buy", so to speak? Is the emphasis always so heavily weighted toward mere physical play rather than a greater control-controlled dynamic? Surely it's possible the OP just wants a private D/s or M/s relationship.... Anyone, Dom,sub or vanilla, can be taught to tie knots or swing a flogger etc but there's no teaching or learning a dominant (or submissive) mindset - you've got that or you haven't and the OP firmly believes he has it. But the best judge of that will ultimately be a fem/sub rather than some public display of "skills".... Focus50.[/color][/font] [/quote] First off a little information so that you can have an idea of where Newark NJ is it's just a very few miles from New York City, where there are many groups and several S&M clubs, Some of the groups there have been active since the 70's. So my observation was made from an informed possition. I do however still reccomend new people get involved in RT face to face groups reguardless of their location, in the same 4 hours that you spend cruising profiles online you could be face to face with people, and the communication that can occure face to face trumps internet anytime. Apparantly you don't know that the class listings of many if not most events deal with the mental dynamic as well. Certainly the physical skills classes are most often the crowded ones but I can name a dozen or more presenters who give classes on the mental emotional and spiritual levels of BDSM and Leather. You think all those books that people read have everything the authors can offer you? I've been able to sit down with some of the leather ledgends because I spend time at these events. Many of the presenters are people with decades of RT experience, the chance to actually ask them questions and learn from them directly is priceless. We seem to have a very different view of natural ability and it's importance. You can have all the natural tallent in the world but without instruction from experienced people that talent never develops into what it could. You can have a small ammount of talent and develope it into something really good. Certainly natural talent is nessisary to a certain level, but what you do with that talent through practice and learning from people who know more is the reall diffeence between being the major leages and AAA minors. I'm not saying it's a "try before you buy" that's you reading into things, the first few people I played with physicly were people who were collared to other people, loaned to me to help me learn the basics of physical play under their Dominants supervision, after that I played with people as I could find them negotiated for limited single scenes, face to face. Some of those developed into regular scene partners, later I actually collared a slave, that ended after about a year, I collared another a year or so later, and have been with her for 6 years. Single submissives like to play sometimes too while they await the time they find a Dominant, that time can be well spent learning things they like don't like so that they can make a better informed decission about what Dominant fit's their needs best. I'm strictly talking RT here I only go only for discussion and networking. Most often there is a time when physical play is what it is limited to, physical play is not nearly a deep and personal as mental/emotional play, So basicly physical play is considered much like a dateing period It' public play so no "sex" and supervised by the community so that the dangers of being alone with someone you know only a little bit is mitigated. It's basicly Chaperoned play. OP may very well have a natural talent, I'm sure he believes he does, and that's great. But to develope that talent to the level I like to see takes spending some time learning the finer points from people who've been at this for awhile. If nothing else you get to avoid some of the pitfalls that the books and online don't teach you about, and that can be very dangerous to find out the hard way. Your way though as I read it is for some subissive to simply trust a profile meet OP and go from there. My way is for OP to go out and meet people and SHOW prospective submissives that he is indead a good safe person to trust their body mind and soul to. You earn a reputation and let that reputation be your advertisement for a slave. In Leather Archer Hope that that helps with your questions and has few enough theatrics for you, LOL
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