Is It Art, or Is It Porn?

A muscular young woman is accepting fruit from another muscular, young, snake-tailed female in the tree. They both have great asses. Her mouth is suspiciously close to the man's penis. The penis is not erect. But we imagine it could be hard and thick in a heartbeat! Painted between 1508 and 1512. A cherub is suspended mid-air, obviously upset and confused by the whole situation. Can anyone doubt the LGBTQ sexuality of this image?

Let's us consider art which sits in the National Gallery of London, The Sistine Chapel, and other public places. Here is Angelo Bronzino's A Triumph of Venus, painted in 1545. The man underneath the girl's armpit is having some kind of moralistic seizure. Or maybe the girl just smells bad.

And a work from 1971, almost the distant past to many young people. A piece of fine art by Pablo Picasso. It's all about the pussy.

In 2020, we are expected not to view A Triumph of Venus, when some co-worker might be offended by overtly sexual images. 450 years later, our rules of public behavior are as goofy as they have ever been.

NSFW is a strange adaptation to modern corporate culture, where everyone is suppose to be sexually neuter, no balls, no vagina, while at work. In corporate offices we are expected to be celibate monks and nuns. We cannot see one erect naked nipple. That is bad behavior, cause for reprimand, or worse.

My own creative action crosses many fields, painting, music, sculpture and film. One of my most viewed works is a 28 minute video, once shown on cable TV, now only available on archive.org. Google: Submit to Dr Moze. Click on the archive.org video

I have been pleased and amazed by the interest this video has stirred. There is nothing that special about it. One pretty naked female, doing nothing particularly erotic. One old, silly musician creating music for the girl to dance to. And a few short moments of actual erotic human behavior. The music throughout is quiet and pleasant. Acoustic guitars, a dulcimer, some bells, a native American flute. That's it.

I cannot possibly we categorized as porn. It barely qualifies as entertainment--- considering the hi-tech film techniques we see everywhere. Still, whatever it is, the film has been seen by 273,878 people, and that number grows by about 10,000 views per week. I have no idea how many viewers have watched this at work, when they were supposed to be making money for somebody. We all need some moments of distraction.

I believe the film is popular, because it is low-tech, and easy to take. There is no loud agenda being shoved at the viewer. It offers a cheerful, playful view of sexual joy, between one old guy, and a few young, mostly naked females. We hear nothing except music. There is no narration or dialogue to push us toward any conclusions. There is no story at all. This lack of dramatic content, and lack of story-line is precisely what makes the film attractive. Viewer can simply take it for what it is, pause, fast forward, or turn it off, whenever they please. No demands are made upon the viewer. It is a simply sharing--- and little, fun joke between friends.

As if I said to the viewers: “Hey, guess what I did over the weekend.” And then I show them excerpts. And play them some music I composed for the occasion. This type of film-making is so very different from what we are accustom to seeing. Usually, we are assaulted by sound and images, and loud voices telling us what opinions we should have on this or that subject. Or, more brutally, we are shown extended actions sequences, with lots of noise and things blowing up or being destroyed in creative ways.

That is not the way I will ever make movies. Fast, loud action and demanding, pushy stories bore the shit out of me.