HIGH EXPECTATIONS
You've
seen it before. The camera captures a guy with a
well-defined body, posing to display his physique. Or
maybe it's the video camera recording two guys meeting moments before
the scene breaks and our two guys are feeling each other's bodies,
kissing and gearing up for a quick romp. There is a time and
place for these forms of erotica. But what if there was more?
What if,
for example, we could see the
erotic in the fully-clothed gay/bisexual father, spending time with
his daughter? What if we tuned in to our inner more meaningful gay/bisexual male
erotic?
We can imagine and
accept erotic meaning and hope
that is emotionally, intellectually and spiritually deeper than and
wider than simple soft-core physique-worship or physical sensation.
As gay and bisexual
men, we have the right to be discontent with the status
quo, erotica and spirit-division as usual. We have the right
to ask deeper and wider questions (and require more satisfactory
answers) from gay male erotica. We can create and celebrate new styles of gay erotica that are
emotionally, intellectually and spiritually deep, wide, and rich.
We can create
meaningful erotica for our lives.