my tongue was firmly between my cheek and gum when I started this thread..except where Venus is concerned
I am not treating Venus as a sex object here although she is dam sexy indeed.
but Venus Williams at 34 years of age..6 feet, 2 inches tall.. is a tremendous sight, totally naked and posed as she is in the photo. she is so many things of a real, natural and tremendous nature in the photo, I dont know where to begin ..and there is no point which I think I can end
I wish all women looked like that at 34..had the means and knowledge to keep themselves in such shape. I wish the same for everyone... men and women.
take a look at the proportions of her body. it is all absolutely perfectly proportioned..the length of her legs, thighs, upper body, neck, head. see her skin tone. that is what they call human physical perfection. where do we see that perfection routinely ::confused:: and how can we see it save her being naked, presented in such ways..photos ::confused::
that is why they took the picture naked. they saw the perfection and they tried to capture it
there is absolutely no sexual exploitation in this work. I dont think Venus would let herself be exploited in the manner Kwami and VB mean. this is no cheap pornographic exploitation but the exposure of an example of human perfection. it is to sell SI of course..and they have been doing this for a very long time. but I have never ever seen them put out a body like Venus'..ever.
this is special and I am happy to have seen it. that is why I posted it. Venus has a specialness about her physicality.
.unique
Rianna also.. has a tremendous aspect to her physicality...very very sexy. natural and wonderful. startling! that is why she has hit so hard and the public wont let her go.. even though she is no great artist. it is her special quality..whatever it is.. that grabs you and holds you. and it is in her personality/body/face.
its like Chaka Khan singing..tiny girl with the most powerful musical presence ever..a voice extraordinary, raw naked power. but where does it come from,..the power ::confused:: she is tiny, tiny...smaaaaaaaaaaal!
and her music takes you places you never knew existed. she touched our souls. she did things with her voice as a young woman that no one has ever even approached. and she never held back. all the time she sang her heart out. she gave so much she fainted on stage, threw up.
but to see Chaka in interviews, to hear/see her speak, the content of what she said, her opinions, her regular life.. she was/is a regular, ordinary american black woman. but musically she was/is out of this world, unique, never before and none since.
I concluded that Khan has something of the universe in her soul but she does not know what it is... and does not have to know. it comes out in her music... and lots of people have seen it and noted her special quality...remarked on it.
Phyllis Hyman was another special one. Venus and her physicality is another.
that is why I posted up Venus gladly. forget the work bench chat. that is just tongue in cheek male dreaming that terrorizes or pisses off women like VB...who is prolly being led by the nose by Kwamis' comment! there s no way in hell Kwami isnt playing the arse with us..tongue in cheek himself..terrorizing us, leading us by the nose
anyway all we males here don't have a chance with Venus..not even close..no matter how many benches we hone and shine and dust off every day in high hopes. but we all can enjoy her special physical quality that the photographers, the artists of beauty saw and captured for us all to note, marvel and enjoy.
this photo is akin to the artistic dancing girl of Mohenjo Daro. Magnificent!