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"It is the erotic that is most genuinely terrifying. Though it is often incomprehensible, it is the basic binding force of the universe. It is powerful, attractive, and wondrous—and embodies all that empowers our beings with emotion and passion, all that spills over the boundaries and infuses us with life.
Ironically, it is Eros that is also often the most subtle. It is the thought before the idea, the shadow behind the screen. While it may be the cackling in the wee hours of the morning, and the dancing before the moon, it is also the glance in the sun-light, the red hair across an arm: It makes you stop and feel; it works its way gradually; it allows no defenses; it is irresistible.
Yes, we are seeing the erotic when we see people making love, but we are also seeing it in the birth moment of a child, the tense pressured budding of a tree, the creation of a brilliant painting, in the genesis of all poetry, in the mystic vision of the mad priest (or the sane one). It is in everything that releases us from the restraints of everyday civilization and makes us free."
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