Implicit Potential

I’ve been nude modeling for over 20 years. I’ve never actually thought of myself as a nude model. Not even now, even though technically I am. I enjoy understanding sexuality through art though, and it isn’t limited to photography. It can be a film, painting, writing, etc.

As a wife and mother, exploring sexuality isn’t typically deemed acceptable. For a young single woman it’s forgivable, but not as a wife, certainly not as a mother, and definitely not as you age.

These are social norms which are implicit in our culture and tend to enforce themselves through shame. There are many evolved reasons for these standards, some of which aren’t applicable in today’s world. This is why challenging them is important, because they may simply be residual. But, it’s also common to throw the baby out with the bathwater and abandon everything old for something new. We can’t be that naive about sexuality though. It is dangerous, but all things powerful are potentially dangerous. We have to understand it’s potentiality to embrace it well.