Freefall


Masochism is to trust in life.
Sadism is to make life worth it.


Surrendering is a fundamental necessity for love:
To be able to devote oneself, to let go, of control, to trust – is a strength in itself.

Devotion leads to transcendence and ecstasy
In terms of love, art, spirituality
Like in Buddhism, the loss of ego gives personal strength.

And when you let yourself become weak, vulnerable, tiny and naked,
When you let yourself fall,
You show strength, faith and belief.

And when you are caught whilst falling
You are strengthened, you are reaffirmed and you bond with your savior … 

And you who catch, you who take control, you who create openings
Through ritual pain, discipline, humiliation...
You who take,
You too are strengthened and reaffirmed and bonded
Not only through your own satisfaction,
But from the devotee's faith and joy and release. 

And the energies that are released through release
The tensions that are let go through letting go
The taboos that that are transgressed through transgressions
The nakedness you both achieve
Through the highest expressions of your most primal desires
Channeled through insight, decadence, trust…
Strengthen not only your self and your relationship
But the essential value of life itself!

And strangely enough:
The more we dare
The more we trust
The more we have faith in life
We become stronger, more courageous and more attractive
Life becomes more valuable:
Faith is a self-enhancing force! 

LOVE should be felt.
BOUNDARIES exist to be breached.
DOMINANCE is a privilege.
SURRENDERING is strength.

Steen Schapiro, 1998