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Marina abramovic- was featured in the most recent issue of the New Yorker. The article covers her life, as it relates to the development of her career as a performance artist. Reading it, I couldn’t help but draw out the similarities between her work- that deals with the body, the viewer, and the psychological limits we impose and challenge. All of which BDSM also deals with. What I find so interesting about this is the way in which trauma and sometimes, just plain ‘ol history find their way into our lifespan. Unresolved conflict will play out. Some, like Saul Bellow will create characters that embody the conflict- and develop long storylines surrounding alternate endings. Others will develop elaborate scenes and begin to sublimate their story into a sexual adventure. Then there are performance artists- who choose to display their lives through a formalized artistic concept.

Some artists include writing and sexual practice directly into their work- others work seems so full of these, without ever addressing it directly. What makes one person choose to work out their stuff through sexual play while others make art?