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Sun, 2009-11-08 00:01
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I’m actually not that given to pining for youth. But I gotta say I think I might appreciate the BDSM fascination with the intricately-layered and arranged wrappings and knots of Japanese shibari bondage if I wasn’t old enough to remember, all too well, the similarly intricately-layered and arranged wrappings and knots of hippie macramé from the 1970s.
It’s sort of like people today might respond 30 years from now to a sexual fascination with Ugg boots and Crocks shoes.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. At all! If you don’t remember macramé then shibari’s probably really, really cool. It’s my problem, not anyone elses. :-)
While I’ve been trained to
Submitted by Calico (not verified) on Sun, 2009-11-08 01:24.While I’ve been trained to have a tremendous and well-deserved respect for bondage… the idea of bondage as an art is right up there with me with the idea of bondage as interpersonal tool-free knitting.
Someday, when there’s no one respectable and likely to employ me in earshot, you and I will have a snark session. But only then.
[Any time, Calico. It would be wonderful. Not that there’s anything wrong with interpersonal too-free knitting, of course! —fl]
hehehe, i’ve often had the
Submitted by julie (not verified) on Sun, 2009-11-08 23:36.hehehe, i’ve often had the same thought re: shibari and macramé ...