Basking in the Post Shoot Afterglow
I sit here, basking in post-shoot afterglow, all limber and still. I found myself in this shoot. Rediscovered. Reaffirmed. What an amazing journey! What began as a romp to fulfill my exhibitionist nature, instead took me inwards to the very centre of my being. After a while, I stopped playing for the camera and began to play for myself. It’s amazing, to allow my own vulnerability to surface, to...
The Inner Revealing
It’s not the nakedness I resistIt’s the inner revealingI’ve been naked before.Naked the day I was bornNaked as a child dancing in the rainNaked as a young lover dancing in the fieldHalf naked in photographsNaked in passionate embracesNaked is easier thanRevealing your heartSimpler thanUnveiling your soulOr perhaps it was all very easyTo be Naked in all waysBody, Heart, SoulWhen we were...
Today was All About Me
Today's shoot was all about me. Every other shoot, I was with others and it was about us. Today I am completely in love with me, with my body, my sensations, my feelings. Today I celebrated my corporeal existence, my happy place in this body, the fullest expression of self loving.
Creative Energy
Creative Energy is the most important and life-affirming energy that there is. We call it Spirit, God, Universal energy or whatever. The truth is that creativity is the most fundamental act. And sex is the most universal creative activity, almost everyone does it, and we are all created from it.Even the act of masturbation, or self loving, is a creative activity with our bodies and our...
I Received My Book Today
I received my SGP Book today, long awaited I must say, or perhaps it was just my anxiousness to see what was in the pages. My first reaction was raw and visceral and tears poured from my eyes. The tears came from a place deep inside my soul that I did not know existed. The tears were from recognizing the physical , the ephemeral essence of being human. The first thing I noticed, after I had...
When the Idea of a Shoot
When the idea of a shoot based around intimacy, vulnerability, and love was presented to me, I was genuinely intrigued. I digested the concept. To visually conceptualize another perspective of what raw connection looked like between two individuals, two individuals I am intimately acquainted with—both self and partner? I relished it. Yet I had one reservation. Insecurities. The last hour leading...
Before the Shoot
Before the shoot, I looked forward to be working with Ricardo again. I was especially excited for this newfound theme because in prior shoots I had tried to capture and embody intimacy. To have Ricardo pursue a theme based around vulnerability, intimacy and love excited me.During, it felt very comfortable to be able to shift into that mindset, that energy. It felt natural. There were no...
Having Done a Few Shoots with Ricardo
Having done a few shoots with Ricardo with and without a partner, for Sex Goddess Project books three and four I have learned that each shoot is unique, be it due to the individuals involved, or the intention. The intention for The Intimacy Project is to glory in the beauty of sex with intimacy, connection, love. Not having a partner with whom to shoot I first didn’t see how I could contribute,...
Meeting with Remarkable Men
Meetings with Remarkable Men. As far back as my memory allows, I have been obsessed with a few things that, in retrospect, may not be typical childhood concerns. God, love, death, sex, art and magic have been my lifelong interests.I pondered these concepts and came to the following conclusions:God is a state of mind, not a proper noun.Love is a verb.Death is just another journey.Sex is a...
Some More Thoughts on Intimacy
“Intimacy means mutual vulnerability, openness, and sharing. .... a profound connection with oneself and/or another where all boundaries, all concepts, all thoughts, disappear. It is the pure experience of Love. It should be (but is not always) present in close, loving relationships such as lovers, marriages and friendships. It may be possible between strangers but I think those people would...