Pretzelle.

What do you think about the vulgarity?

I was on a work trip recently, and one of my teammates, our social video shooter was reading a book by the pool after a long day of work. The cover looked familiar so I asked her what it was. Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. I had brought the same book on the same trip and we were both about a hundred pages in. We briefly talked about the various storylines and plots and the absurdity of it all. “What do you think about the vulgarity?” She asked. There are indeed various scenes and circumstances that are quite vulgar. Prurient. In an almost satirical way that Tom Robbins captures beautifully. I enjoy the vulgarity I replied. I think its my favorite part.

I enjoy the vulgarity. I like holding up and exposing aspects of human desire that maybe we’re ashamed to admit to. That we keep in the shadows. I love that truth. I love all truth. It excites me. Gets the juices flowing. I think part of the reason that we find ourselves in this mess we’re in, is the tendency to suppress and push down our desires. To judge them instead of acknowledging them, allowing them to exist. To breathe. What we decide to do about them is a different animal. But if we can step aside and look at them, diffuse them or embrace them, pack them up and put them aside or hold them up to the light. That’s all individual choice.  As long as everyone is consenting, as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else. Embrace your vulgarity. Because it doesn’t ever go away. Its in you. Unless you shine a light into the shadows, darkness remains. Done bun can’t be undone.