Vampire Duchess by Steven Stahlberg
There's so much to like in this piece that the one thing I don't like stands out like a sore thumb: the supposed need to cover the "naughty bits." Clearly both the vampire and the victim are nude. The draping of the cloth over their breasts just seems so artificial, so unnecessary to the picture's composition. It doesn't add anything, except somehow making it safe for general public viewing... or something like that.
Nothing illustrates our warped social censoring more than the willingness to show a bloody and violent death in situ, yet be unable to give us a peek at a woman's "naughty bits". It's annoying to be a prisoner of a society with the sexual maturity of a 12 year old. Will we shed such puritanical leanings within my lifetime? I hope so, but doubt it will occur.
ReplyDeleteExactly. And I don't see it changing any time soon...
DeleteNothing illustrates our warped social censoring more than the willingness to show a bloody and violent death in situ, yet be unable to give us a peek at a woman's "naughty bits". It's annoying to be a prisoner of a society with the sexual maturity of a 12 year old. Will we shed such puritanical leanings within my lifetime? I hope so, but doubt it will occur.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even notice the coverings. It's a good picture.
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