The Orange Underground

I like posting nudes because 1) I like nudes, 2) nudity really pisses of the religious fundies, 3) I like nudes, 4) erotica makes religious fanatics uncomfortable, 5) it is…

Recently I have been reading the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC-17 AD). He has become a great favorite of mine. Vergil (70-19 BC) used to be my favorite Latin poet,…

Madonna in the Rose Garden, by Martin Schongauer Why is it that spirituality is so important to me? It is hard to define really. Most people want to associate spiritual…

When I think of how much I love feminine beauty, I am always reminded of how many cultures have some sort of deity that represents the power of female sexuality…

In Greek mythology there was a class of young, beautiful creatures known as nymphs. These were lovely women who dwelt in many different areas of the natural world, most usually…

After searching through different porn venues, I find most porn to be dull. For a while now I have been doing this, actually trying to study the nature of porn,…

I don’t know a whole lot about Ben Franklin (1706-1790), but recently I saw a documentary that suggested he was a man who enjoyed many pleasures, included many pleasures of…

John Donne, English poet whose subjects were often erotic ones. John Donne (1572-1631) is one of the great English poets. Commonly referred to as belonging to the Metaphysical school of…

Often when I feel down, good art is uplifting. There is something pleasurable about viewing a nice piece of artwork. Good art captures the spirit of something, the soul that…