Brace yourself for a long post, but I stumbled on the forum from the story site and... I dunno. Maybe the overall quality of the posts here, maybe just the right time in my life (probabaly a combination) but I'm ecstatic at the prospect of actually sharing 'unsharable' (tipmani roll) thoughts with what appears so far to be an extremely self-aware, sensitive and intelligent group.
Nods specifically to MissTaken, Ebonyfire, CyberPoet, serijules, justgem, cellis, and Pure. I'm there are many other great people out there I'll get to know in time; those are just the ones I noticed first. I love what I have read of what you all have written.
I'm a lot of things. A writer of both fiction and nonfiction (the latter coming much easier than the former...), a voracious reader of -- and these are just my faves -- American fiction, fantasy, network systems theory, legal/political/social philosophy, a movie lover, a teacher, a traveler and -- when I can afford the time and ingredients - -a gourmet cook. Whew!
In my chosen career ( a fairly conservative area, I'm afraid) I almost exclusively draw on the analytic, intellectual side of myself. Fine, I chose that and love it; I think I'd shrivel up and die if I couldn't ask tough questions and push theoretical boundaries. But I realized not too long ago that I'm just as sure to shrivel if I don't find a way to be cretive and expressive.
I see sex, and in particular BDSM/kink, as a powerful and wholly underrated form of creative expression. It's other things, of course, like an intimate sharing between two people. Also, and this is important to me to, it can be a way to get away from the intellect, to let go (or be made to) and just *feel*. You can get that from a vanilla quickie, sure, and more so from a bestial, rutting quickie. But it's so much more intense and real when you and your partner(s) spend the time and effort to reconsruct reality and, as so many have noted, test one another''s limits (not the hard ones, of course).
As for what, specifically I'm into, I don't know precisely. My real life experiences are limited, though not nonexistent. And as serijules noted on this thread, tastes evolve as you're exposed to different people and experiences. For the moment, at least, I'm convinced of the following. As I alluded to, but maybe not very clearly, on the BDSM personals thread, it's more that bondage could be as big or as little a part as needed in a larger, imaginative roleplaying structure. And I don't necessarily mean standard nurse/patient or teacher/student either (though those are fun!
). The more detailed an imaginative it is, the more I'm drawn in. I'm a switch; can't choose just one. I'm also not into pain/humiliation/punishment, the SM side of it all. Having said that, I am open to exploration in this as I am in all things; it may just be that I haven't had the right partner.
At the moment I'm looking to get to know other people who think about these things the same way I do. Just to talk, finally out loud, you know? And to listen. So so drop by this thread and intorduce yourself.
Ciao,
jfaustus
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Nods specifically to MissTaken, Ebonyfire, CyberPoet, serijules, justgem, cellis, and Pure. I'm there are many other great people out there I'll get to know in time; those are just the ones I noticed first. I love what I have read of what you all have written.
I'm a lot of things. A writer of both fiction and nonfiction (the latter coming much easier than the former...), a voracious reader of -- and these are just my faves -- American fiction, fantasy, network systems theory, legal/political/social philosophy, a movie lover, a teacher, a traveler and -- when I can afford the time and ingredients - -a gourmet cook. Whew!
In my chosen career ( a fairly conservative area, I'm afraid) I almost exclusively draw on the analytic, intellectual side of myself. Fine, I chose that and love it; I think I'd shrivel up and die if I couldn't ask tough questions and push theoretical boundaries. But I realized not too long ago that I'm just as sure to shrivel if I don't find a way to be cretive and expressive.
I see sex, and in particular BDSM/kink, as a powerful and wholly underrated form of creative expression. It's other things, of course, like an intimate sharing between two people. Also, and this is important to me to, it can be a way to get away from the intellect, to let go (or be made to) and just *feel*. You can get that from a vanilla quickie, sure, and more so from a bestial, rutting quickie. But it's so much more intense and real when you and your partner(s) spend the time and effort to reconsruct reality and, as so many have noted, test one another''s limits (not the hard ones, of course).
As for what, specifically I'm into, I don't know precisely. My real life experiences are limited, though not nonexistent. And as serijules noted on this thread, tastes evolve as you're exposed to different people and experiences. For the moment, at least, I'm convinced of the following. As I alluded to, but maybe not very clearly, on the BDSM personals thread, it's more that bondage could be as big or as little a part as needed in a larger, imaginative roleplaying structure. And I don't necessarily mean standard nurse/patient or teacher/student either (though those are fun!
). The more detailed an imaginative it is, the more I'm drawn in. I'm a switch; can't choose just one. I'm also not into pain/humiliation/punishment, the SM side of it all. Having said that, I am open to exploration in this as I am in all things; it may just be that I haven't had the right partner.At the moment I'm looking to get to know other people who think about these things the same way I do. Just to talk, finally out loud, you know? And to listen. So so drop by this thread and intorduce yourself.
Ciao,
jfaustus
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