NemoAlia
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I'm re-reading H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine." He writes, "This has ever been the fate of [human] energy in [times of] security; it takes to art and to eroticism, and then come languor and decay."
As a community of people who make an art out of eroticism, what do y'all think? Are we getting too comfortable in the security of our culture(s)? Are we headed for decay?
I, for one, have always thought a little social insecurity makes a person stronger. Perhaps this is also true on a broader scale. But why should the weakness that results from too much security manifest itself necessarily in art and eroticism? Is it because when people are focused on sheer survival, they don't have the time to consider these 'finer things?' I think that's often the typical answer to questions like these. However, if that's true, why is there art on the walls of ancient caves? How have we had so many new generations of humans, even during times of extreme insecurity?
I guess this isn't strictly BDSM, but I'd be interested to hear what this community thinks of such things.
As a community of people who make an art out of eroticism, what do y'all think? Are we getting too comfortable in the security of our culture(s)? Are we headed for decay?
I, for one, have always thought a little social insecurity makes a person stronger. Perhaps this is also true on a broader scale. But why should the weakness that results from too much security manifest itself necessarily in art and eroticism? Is it because when people are focused on sheer survival, they don't have the time to consider these 'finer things?' I think that's often the typical answer to questions like these. However, if that's true, why is there art on the walls of ancient caves? How have we had so many new generations of humans, even during times of extreme insecurity?
I guess this isn't strictly BDSM, but I'd be interested to hear what this community thinks of such things.
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