Nudes- Art or Porn?

So this post (hopefully not rant) was prompted by a few people making snarky comments about the fact that I do pose topless and nude.

Let's face it- the female form is a beautiful thing: beautiful round breasts, curves everywhere. And in that beauty, some strength can be found, at least for me. My posing topless or nude is not a matter of me wanting to be the object of someone's sexual desire. In fact, it is quite the opposite. I do this so that people can see beyond the sexuality and appreciate the female form.

Don't get me wrong- I do believe that sometimes these images are very sexually charged, but sometimes that is far from intentional, as this shot from a shoot with Nad Iksodas back in September shows. If you knew both of our states of mind at this time, you would have never expected to see such a picture come out of the camera. And yet there's some definite sexuality behind the image.

The best compliment I think I've recieved to date was from another shoot with Nad and Sleep to Dream. A friend saw the pictures and said something to the effect of: "These are just too pretty to masturbate to." Funny thing is, Charity and I went in hoping to come out with something that would make our exes drool a little. And we come out with images that are more loving and innocent than sexually charged. And I love that.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with porn. It's just not something I do. I want to create beautiful images. I want to be a part of art. There's a fine line between erotic art and porn and frankly I don't mind erotic art. But full-on penetration, cum on the face crap is not for me. In the slightest. Trying to equate art to that type of porn and saying that they're one in the same is just proof that you really don't understand the art.

And if that's the case, it's probably best you don't look. I don't want my boobs to be offending anyone now...