The State of My Rope

The last two times I let people tie me weren’t that enjoyable. In fact, the more I’m tied by people the more I realize I don’t actually like being tied by people.

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Back to Basics

Going back to basics, but sometimes basics are the most complex.

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simply

beyond language is
where I want to be

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Do it scared

I’m feeling alive again
The behavior is proof

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April Ties

An assortment of ties from the month of April.

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Good Luck Daisy

I normally don’t buy daisies on purpose because they remind me of an ex best friend who wore a good-luck daisy clip in her hair.

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Latch

When he kissed me my lips were
uninspired, my mind latched on
to thoughts of how it would be
with you

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Does this look like a heart?

I’ve finally landed on a place to live—a state with great job opportunities, lots of nature, all four seasons, high walkability score, no state income tax, and legal lettuce.

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Study

Do you have a study? Someplace you go to work on words?

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Order

Sometimes the mind
moves faster

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Are You Happy?

My goal was never to lead a happy life, but rather to lead a peaceful one. I don’t need things or people to “make me happy.”

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Naked with Other Women

Today I visited an onsen in Yokosuka and omg, I will never recover from the healing, mysticism, and embodiment I experienced!

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Complicit

I became complicit
in my own consumption

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Frozen Strawberry

I never meant for you to know me, never meant to let you in.

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w/ Great Power

I’ve decided to reframe things I want to accomplish as challenges instead of goals.

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A Year in Rope

At the beginning of 2022, I was in a bad way. It became impossible to avoid certain truths as my body refused to be numb any longer. Suddenly, I was drowning in emotions—grief, shame, remorse, plus my usual dose of melancholy.

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Up-skirt 2

I’ve bathed in the light of a brilliant moon

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Do you ever feel Crazy?

Do you ever feel crazy? Crazy for wanting what you want, crazy for doing what you do, crazy for not doing what you really want to do?

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Idea

I have this idea that I can paint on my body with rope, lay out a path to freedom—the on-my-body-railroad.

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Up-skirt

My heartbeat picked up as I felt a light touch against the outside of my soul.

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Chest Harness

The more you do, the more it becomes easier to do. It’s only been a week since I started this series and already I’ve been picking up my rope a lot more.

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Self-Tie Tuesday

What are the costs and benefits of your coping mechanism? What do you gain and what are you missing out on by getting lost in this thing, self-soothing with it? What do you minimize to stretch into this pleasure?

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Tying Her

I circle her slowly as my hands unwrap the rope. She’s wearing jeans and an olive green bodysuit with a fabric/mesh combo up top, no bra. I notice the subtle movement of her neck when she swallows and let myself savor the anticipation radiating from her.

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