Heterosexual love,. is in sync with cosmic forces. Not everyone has the stomach for daily war with nature.
Poetry is the connecting link between body and mind.
Last time I checked, there were no Americans at all in Renaissance art.
Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's attention.
Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
Capitalism is an art form, an Apollonian fabrication to rival nature. It is hypocritical for feminists and intellectuals to enjoy the pleasures and conveniences of capitalism while sneering at it. Everyone born into capitalism has incurred a debt to it. Give Caesar his due.