tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post7035730935840317267..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Reflections of a Dirty Old Man, Recently ShoweredAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-88053099923354808082017-05-26T11:21:45.120-04:002017-05-26T11:21:45.120-04:00"What is erotic is not the consummation of th..."What is erotic is not the consummation of the act. It is the offering. "<br /><br />Bingo. The sexiest thing about a sexual partner is that they want us.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-78143062071905894442017-05-25T23:48:53.092-04:002017-05-25T23:48:53.092-04:00I think for many people "dirty" and &quo...I think for many people "dirty" and "erotic" mean pretty much the same thing, except that thinking of sex as dirty makes it all the more fun. Maybe some of it is the result of harsh toilet training, but some is more the buzz one gets from pretending to be extravagantly transgressive. I can't help thinking of the movie "Dirty Dancing." The dancing was far from dirty, but definitely erotic, with an artistry transcending the casual assumption of erotic dancing as being dirty. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-75933433582597006872017-05-25T15:59:10.483-04:002017-05-25T15:59:10.483-04:00The magic thing about writing is that, if done wel...The magic thing about writing is that, if done well, we can transfer our turn-ons to each other. You write about this very convincingly, with a poetic view of where the eroticism of the moment lies. <br /><br />And I get it, both a version that I think is yours and a version that's my own. I see you interested in womanhood as a mystical, mythological force. <br /><br />For me, where I really connect to what you've written is the moment of decision, the nature of uncharted territory, and the loss of virginity.<br /><br />I wonder often, though, if we've invested far too much as a culture in the idea of sexual decisions being the ones we really can't take back, the ones that mark us for life. When I step back and think about it, it should be just as profound to eat the flesh of an animal for the first time. I should feel just as marked by it.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-71112226646910664742017-05-24T08:12:31.347-04:002017-05-24T08:12:31.347-04:00I don't know if I've ever read this story,...I don't know if I've ever read this story, but I find your description of it extremely erotic. (Also, you've written stories that show the influence of this one... or maybe that illustrate why this one affected you personally so much.)<br /><br />But are "dirty" and "erotic" the same thing? In a way, I almost find them to be opposites. Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com