tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post3207827931956364373..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Ephemeral BlaznousAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-2562219513519856442013-02-10T15:29:42.246-05:002013-02-10T15:29:42.246-05:00Jean - it's a difficult thing, isn't it? O...Jean - it's a difficult thing, isn't it? Or maybe I'm overthinking the whole thing.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-55411493953335657342013-02-10T12:07:13.206-05:002013-02-10T12:07:13.206-05:00Kathleen, your post perfectly explains why I had t...Kathleen, your post perfectly explains why I had trouble approaching this topic myself! I think we all know that writing about the erotic is vastly different from having sex (no matyter how we would rate that experience on a scale of 0-10). I love the metaphor of colours that aren't defined -- because they really exist, but how do we describe or convey them? I think you should use "Ephemeral Blaznous" as the name for something. (Maybe a drug so new it hasn't been outlawed yet.) :) Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-55732803639387309152013-02-05T09:51:06.905-05:002013-02-05T09:51:06.905-05:00Lisabet - after I posted it, I felt bad for saying...Lisabet - after I posted it, I felt bad for saying "devolved" into the physical, because as you know, the physical can be sublime. It's not less than the mental. So I didn't quite hit the mark there. But I thought about that moment in the Girl With the Pearl Earring and other moments from books and movies we bring up often when talking about the erotic and they are almost always moments pregnant with potential. Those are the elusive moments I want to capture but again, while I can describe them, I can't put my finger on why they take me to that place. <br /><br />"By the way, "Ephemeral Blaznous" might make a good story title. Maybe for something steampunk ;^)" It sounds like something out of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to me. Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-22391622479196089532013-02-05T09:34:12.717-05:002013-02-05T09:34:12.717-05:00Garce - definitely worth mulling over, but sometim...Garce - definitely worth mulling over, but sometimes when I get too mired down in thought and theory, I feel like a hamster on a wheel, running in little circles and getting nowhere. But what the heck would I do with the answer if I had it?Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-80774371340815396972013-02-05T09:32:36.255-05:002013-02-05T09:32:36.255-05:00Brigit- "Yes. Yes. And yes. Expectation is pa...Brigit- "Yes. Yes. And yes. Expectation is part of the game. Sometimes, the biggest part. Anticipation often overshadows the actual act." That expresses it eloquently. My idea of the erotic seems to be more in the seduction than the act, and seduction is all about anticipation.Kathleen Bradeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347913255760493335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-86369994032221898132013-02-05T08:44:48.953-05:002013-02-05T08:44:48.953-05:00By the way, "Ephemeral Blaznous" might m...By the way, "Ephemeral Blaznous" might make a good story title. Maybe for something steampunk ;^)Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-73617932255346650282013-02-05T08:44:04.675-05:002013-02-05T08:44:04.675-05:00Lots of interesting ideas here, Kathleen, even if ...Lots of interesting ideas here, Kathleen, even if you can't come to a conclusion. I honed in on this one:<br /><br />"What's most erotic thing? I don’t know it. Often, stories or movies almost reach the state of pure eroticism for me, but then they devolve into the physical because it’s easier that way or because the artist felt a need to resort to the shared vocabulary of sex"<br /><br />The implication here (or perhaps I'm reading you wrong) is that bringing explicit sexual description into the mix actually decreases the eroticism of a scene/story/experience. A fascinating notion, one I think could be supported by argument (but I'm too hungry at the moment to take on that challenge). <br /><br />Certainly I find many situations with no overt sexual content to be erotic. I'm reminded of a scene in the movie Girl with the Pearl Earring. The painter is inserting the earring - his wife's - in the maid's ear, before starting to paint her. The intimacy of this scene left me breathless, though from a sexual perspective, nothing happened.<br /><br />And Brigit (hello and welcome!), I agree with you. The anticipation, the expectation, can be far more erotic than the consummation. Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-56794230690404615442013-02-05T05:39:46.572-05:002013-02-05T05:39:46.572-05:00Hi Kathleen!
It's true, it's hard to pin ...Hi Kathleen!<br /><br />It's true, it's hard to pin down, there are so many sides to it. But I think its worth thinking about because it represents a trail that can shows us aspects about ourselves because its such a core part of who we are. It's difficult.<br /><br />Garce Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-68280608763536949652013-02-05T00:05:50.246-05:002013-02-05T00:05:50.246-05:00And is there causality between expectation and exp...And is there causality between expectation and experience when you read? If you expect to be scared by a horror novel, is it more likely to scare you? Similarly if you expect to be turned on by erotica, are you more likely to get aroused?<br /><br />Yes. Yes. And yes. Expectation is part of the game. Sometimes, the biggest part. Anticipation often overshadows the actual act.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831717334292672743noreply@blogger.com