Poll number three- Hi, Poppy, like the pictures!
I am so glad some people like the pictures. I have not an artistic bone in my body and can’t make anything look pretty to save my life. I think throughout my life anything visual has made me feel nervous and insecure.
But then I started this blit and looked at other people’s sites and I realised how much pictures matter. A picture means so much and tells us so much about how the writer feels and how the writer sees the people he or she writes about.
I am a woman who is discovering her sexuality and ability to love. I do not think these things are sordid and I do not think that the pictures I use should be sordid. There are so many pictures out there that make these feelings more of a struggle and make me feel guilty, unclean or as though I do not belong. I am not including any of these types of pictures in this post. I suspect you know what these pictures look like and if you do not I am not about to sully your eyes with them.
I am talking about the pictures of girls who look as though they “work for it” if you know what I mean.
There are some wonderful spanking models. You know Rosaleen Young is a hero of mine and of course the amazing Erica is stunning and aspirational – the kind of woman who has the qualities any of us would be proud of.
These women hold up a mirror to us in a way that lets us relax and yield a little, they encourage us to come a little closer, and find out more about who we really are.
But the girls who I do not like to show so much are the one dimensional, clear heel wearing, intimate details showing, slightly angry ones whose one “sexy” expression is mouth slightly parted, as though they had forgotten their lines. These are models who show no feeling at all at having their legs akimbo and their everything on show. These pictures just make me feel sad, and are some bastardization of sexuality because they are showing the activtities that I am interested in. Those pictures make me feel bad about myself. I want all those girls to read a book and take a qualification of some kind and then come back to modelling if they want to.
I want the pictures I use to say something and, wherever possible, I want the pictures to help women to feel better about themselves. I want pictures to help women to reflect and I want pictures that credit men with enough intelligence to see beauty and desire without graphic sexual detail.
I like pictures that I would love to slip into (even if they are a bit scary like this one.)
I love pictures that are of people I would love to meet or know. Look at this interplay between Bogart and Bacall and tell me that does not make you ask fascinating questions.
I love pictures that show beauty, sometimes with a playful touch
and sometimes in a way that makes you wonder how she feels because you think you may have felt the same way
In the same way I like to show men who are handsome and assertive. (This is Keith Jones and it is not a picture that shows him at his best but it hard to find lots of pictures of him. I have no idea why that is.)
But I am not keen to show men who are huge blocks of muscle. I am not saying these men are not attractive or masculine but I don’t like that exaggerated shorthand for masculine anymore than I like the representation of their female counterparts.
I have to use another Bogart picture, because he makes me sit very quietly, far more so than some model type.
Thank you for liking the pictures. I know only three people clicked that box but there have been oodles of comments over time where people have said they like pictures on these posts. Thank you for teaching me that I have a place in the visual world.
And finally, do check out the work of Amandell Visell, a wonderful series of posters for girls and, in case anyone wonders, I do not think the posters are at odds with this lifestyle at all. (Yes, I am chomping at the bit to write a post on this- I just did- it is on the site Dev and I share right now.)
I didn’t click on “I like the pictures” because there were too many good choices (except for that rugby one, but no one’s perfect
) but I do love the pictures you post here. They are everything you have described.
Poppy — I must have zoned out regarding the poll, but I love your pictures (and I’m not saying that because you just featured one with me — but thank you for that!).
The photos you choose are so pretty and quite unique, not the stock stuff one tends to see over and over. I often wonder where you find such gems and how much time you spend searching for them. Lovely!
You do indeed have a very artistic eye.
Thank you, Em and Erica.
I do spend a silly amount of time looking for pictures and you should see some of the stuff I see! The horror will never leave me eyes. I will not give you an example but, really, some people need to work harder at school so they do not have to do stuff like that.
Poppy, good morning.
Of course you have an artistic soul, anyone with half an eye, such as I, can see that.
Your words and pictures make a meal that in my opinion is worthy of being sampled time and time again.
You should be congratulated on your fortitude, looking for the gems you find must be like raking through a cesspit.
I know it’s Monday, but have a good one.
Love and warm hugs,
Paul.
I was going to say you are very creative, if not artistic but Paul’s comment is much better, you do have an artistic soul.
I am learning to enjoy pictures more through you, which has surprised me!
Poppy, I love the pictures you choose.
I have just bought a new piece of artwork and it is of a woman in deshabille, but beautifully so. Her hair is swept up on her head in a messy, “I just scooped it up here before stepping into the bath” kind of way, and she is looking over her bare shoulder with an entrancing expression.
I would never have bought this kind of artwork before you showed me how gorgeous women can really be. Thank you for the inspiration you are to me. I know you partly through your words, and partly through your pictures. I can’t imagine one without the other.
You’re so good at using pictures in your entries, Poppy! I actually learnt it from you, for my blog. At first, when I only blogged in Finnish, I didn’t use pictures, but now I do, because they can tell more than thousand words
I like those spanking models, whose pictures you have on this post, too. I hate looking at the cheap, troubled(?) silicone porno models. They make me feel soulless and cheap, too, and I think I might lose my libido from watching them!
XXX
Maria
You do choose the most delightful photos for us Poppy. Simply lovely. Thank you.
Love,
Ronnie
xx
Poll? There was a poll? Sorry I missed it,I would definitely have voted a resounding YES to pictures. Your pictures always go with what you are writing.
As for the posters I seem to remember this artist from when I was *cough* a child,what year/s were they done?
Hurrah for people who like pictures!
Kate, these are new pictures but her style is so traditional that I am certain it must remind you of picture books.
You are so welcome, Ronnie. Thank you for reading. I am rubbish since I started on Dev’s blite and seem to have such little time for visiting now.
Maria, your description sounds perfect to me of how those pictures make you feel. I feel just the same way.
Scarlet, the picture sounds lovely and I am thrilled to have been in a tiny corner of your brain.
Alice and Paul, never in my life could I imagine someone would describe me as having an artistic soul. I love it! I am pranced about all day thinking of that.
You are terribly good at pictures, Poppy. I would have clicked yes to the pictures, too, but there were other even more fitting options.
I would have never guessed you are not – or at least, do not think you are – artistic. You definitely seem as though you are.
Sorry I missed the counters, somehow one can tell that only three was a bit of a let down. But I can tell you, P-S-V, that your pictures are a major draw for me. They are a wonderful selection, and with minimal words tell great stories. I don’t know how you actually choose them, but it feels as if the pictures are your lingerie closet, and you prance around in it picking first something seriously sexy, then a lightweight set of frills, then a corset… and then stand, finger in mouth, till the mood dictates what your adoring public will see next. And of course, the result is so different from the usual stuff which focusses on just the bondage, or the spanking, or the sex. You are, quite simply a delight. And your picture selections are a huge part of that delight.
Hi, Stand Up Straight!
Welcome to you and thank you so much, you can very much come again. I love how you see what I do, I really, really do. I saw this earlier today and skipped around at work.
Big hugs!
Congrats on being Chrossed, Poppy!