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Erotic Decisions
As Lorde writes, “Erotic is not only a question of what we do; it is a question of how acutely and fully we can feel in the doing.”4
Angela Garbes • Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
This is one reason why the erotic is so feared, and so often relegated to the bedroom alone, when it is recognized at all. For once we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that they feel in accordance with that joy which we know ourselves to be capable of. Our erotic
... See moreAudre Lorde • Sister Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics)
Last month on @billmaher’s show @realtimers, I illuminated the difference between sexuality and eroticism, between a perfunctory act and the multi-sensory journey of pleasure.
Many of us, when it comes to sexuality, tend to do what we think we should do rather than what we’d like to be doing (and this is not just a... See more
estherperelofficialinstagram.comThe more alive one is to the pulse of desire, the more vibrant the mind becomes—a symphony of brilliance composed from the primal chords of passion. To be richly sexual is to be richly inventive, for sex is not merely an act but a yearning—a ceaseless curiosity to unveil what lies beneath. It is a quest not just for the union of bodies but for the... See more