Paul_Chance
The Watcher
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There is no difference. Porn is merely a form of art.03.07.22
I watched a great documentary about Robert Mapplethorpe this weekend and it got me thinking.
Where is the line for you between art and pornography? There are beautiful erotic images and there are very graphic images that could swing both ways. Does the medium matter? The subject? Do you prefer one over the other?
The purpose of art is to evoke a response in the viewer by the simulation of an experience. Porn easily meets that definition. The line between erotica and porn is mostly imaginary, a division of something that doesn't need to be divided.
