Nawa Shibari

So I've found myself looking at Nawa Shibari (that's rope bondage to non-Japanese speakers-not that I speak Japanese, I'm just showing off) online today. It came about due to a conversation I've been having online with someone. Someone that I really actually shouldn't be talking to at all really, at least not about bondage-but more on that later.

I've experienced a fair bit of mild bondage in my time: being handcuffed to a radiator; being blindfolded and having my hands tied; someone even once used a shirt to make a leash that they attached to my neck. And I've enjoyed all of those experiences immensely. Looking at the Nawa Shibari images online however has piqued my interest, and I'm wondering what it would be like to take it to the next level.

The thing that I'm finding quite entrancing is how beautiful the imagery is, as well as being erotic; which I would expect. There is something almost artistic in the way these girls have been bound and displayed to the world. And amazingly they don't look uncomfortable, if anything in a lot of them the girls look serene and peaceful-not what you expect from largely pornographic images.

So this begs the question-where on earth do you go to find out how to create these intricate devices? I can find an abundance of rope to experiment with no doubt, but I've never been a Girl Guide or a sailor and I don't want to chance one of my dodgy knots if I'm attempting to suspend myself (or someone else) from the ceiling in some kind of erotic hammock. I knew there was a reason why I shouldn't have dropped out of Brownies as a kid-that was valuable life training right there. If I'd have stayed an extra 2 months I would have got my very own knot-tying Brownie badge and could have been weaving myself a Karada even as we speak!

Greetings and all that jazz

So I find myself here.

I know lots of people who write blogs, including good friends of mine. And although the idea has, on some levels appealed to me I've always felt that I am maybe not suited to life as a blogger. For a start, a lot of the blogs that I read online seem to be filled with pretentious bullshit, that should really remain in the recesses of the mind of the creator. And part of me feels that if I pour such scorn onto other individuals, then I have no right to go straight ahead and start posting my own pile of rubbish. There is also the question of what I should write about. Should I theme my blog? Use it to express some of my passions? Or just use it as a dumpster for my daily thoughts-create a lovely slagheap of ideas?

Of course, clearly none of this has actually stopped me-as here I am.

I guess in the end curiosity got the better of me.

Friends speak of feeling liberated through the use of their blogs, they tell me about a comment that some random individual has left them, and how they feel more connected to a 'wider society' as a result of it. They are, quite frankly, smitten with blogging. And I, for one, am beginning to feel left out. I have no idea if I shall achieve anything here-but I figure that I may as well try. So welcome, and apologies. This may be the worst blog you will ever read, it will most likely lack cohesion; on occasion I may (knowing me) descend into a self-indulgent ball of cringe; at times I am sure that I will get too involved in my own thoughts and will end up rambling about ideas and incidents that have no bearing on others, and are certainly of little interest-for all of this (and many other misdemeanors no doubt) I apologise in advance. Feel free to move along and find something else to read (let me know if you find anything worthwhile).

Maybe I will never get beyond this opening post...hmmmm. Nah-surely you wouldn't get that lucky!