01/25/2024
Beautifully explained by Esther
Engaging in eroticism enables us to maintain a sense of aliveness, vibrancy, and vitality. But many of us may wonder, what does eroticism truly mean?
The erotic landscape is vastly larger, richer, and more intricate than the physiology of s*x or any repertoire of s*xual techniques. It’s the unexpected yet welcomed touch on a great first date; it's noticing how late summer rain feels on your skin and inviting your lover outside to experience it with you; it's traveling to a brand new place and experiencing it unfold before you. As Octavio Paz has implied, eroticism is the poetry of the body the way that poetry is the eroticism of language. Eroticism is cultivating pleasure for its own sake.
What are some ways you like to bring eroticism into your life?
For me, eroticism is trying new things, going new places, making new connections. It’s also remembering the ancient things you’ve long forgotten. Prompts from my card game, Where Should We Begin? A Game of Stories guide me to do just that. I invite you to enter into a practice of exploration, curiosity, connection—not just physically, but energetically, emotionally, and psychologically.
