Wednesday, May
17, 2006
Where pornography and love co-exist
I like this picture; I like its' energy... I like the way the woman
is submissive (in the sense that she's giving herself to her lover
on her knees) and yet still so actively involved in this passionate
gesture. I like the way the man is aroused, present, upright, but
still giving something back. When coloring it, I also liked the
fact that he turned out pinkish and she's an earthy brown tone.
There is a dialogue here... a give-and-take, a sharing. Communion.
(Not just a word used for a ritual in church... it also means connectedness,
meeting, recognizing each other and really being together). That's
what I like best about sex!
The photograph from which this image was drawn was found on a
porn site. I didn't really like it until it had been transformed
into a drawing. My reaction to pornography has always been pretty
negative, to me most of it looks so plastic and contrived and so
not like the sexual encounters I wish to experience. It is exciting,
in the sense that it arouses the senses and stimulates desire, but
for what? To just look? I guess my issue has always been that I
don't want to just look, I'd much rather be a participant! And the
kind of union/communion that I like to participate in doesn't really
resemble the majority of the images available on the Internet. In
most cases, the heart just seems to be missing from the equation,
and to me, that's the best part of all.
With the help of some other artists, I've been involved in a project
to infiltrate the Internet with LOVING images of sexuality. We can't
make the pornography industry change or disappear, but we can plant
some seeds to flower in the midst of this garden overrun with weeds.
Check out the project at: http://freewebs.com/transformporn
If you like what we're doing, maybe you can get involved! |
