Calathea
I've been doing some research on aesthetics, something which has helped clarify a term I thought I understood. It is more than appreciation of physical beauty or attractiveness. The aesthetics of a thing is not about how it looks; rather, it is about how something looks makes you feel. It is an emotional response to visually contemplating something. In other words, aesthetics is more than skin deep.
My research into aesthetics is related to a completely different subject than crossdressing, but recently I started to think about the two subjects together.
The aesthetics of crossdressing, I suppose, is how the act of a man dressing up as a woman makes the man feel and, by extension, how others feel when they see said man so dressed.
I have a sort of look I aim for based on archetypes of women I admire. Once I achieve this look, it makes me feel good. The good feeling is not about feeling like a women; rather, it is about appreciating a job well done. There is, of course, a sexual component, but this piece is not physically expressed.
The act of taking photos of myself crossdressed serves a few purposes. First, there is a lot of work that goes into the process and it seems a shame not to capture the essence of the activity in a physical way. Second, posting the photos to Flickr, sometimes with commentary, is a means to crossdress vicariously since I am unable to do so 99% of the time. Finally, it is a means to inspire others, to enable them to feel something about the results of my crossdressing.
On this last point, I almost always receive positive feedback, and for this I am very appreciative. I feel a good deal of guilt sometimes for failing to recognize all the lovely comments. There is no excuse for that beyond pure laziness, but I nevertheless feel thankful for those of you who visit my photos and feel compelled to share your thoughts. But there are some that say nasty things, from those who think what I do is filthy to others who think what I do is...filthy, but get turned on by it and reach out to me hoping for a rendezvous (not in a million years).
I guess the point of this post is to say that crossdressing has an obvious aesthetic component. I just never quite considered it in a detailed way before.
Dress: Vince Camuto
Cardigan: Jessica Howard
Shoes: SHEIN
Calathea
I've been doing some research on aesthetics, something which has helped clarify a term I thought I understood. It is more than appreciation of physical beauty or attractiveness. The aesthetics of a thing is not about how it looks; rather, it is about how something looks makes you feel. It is an emotional response to visually contemplating something. In other words, aesthetics is more than skin deep.
My research into aesthetics is related to a completely different subject than crossdressing, but recently I started to think about the two subjects together.
The aesthetics of crossdressing, I suppose, is how the act of a man dressing up as a woman makes the man feel and, by extension, how others feel when they see said man so dressed.
I have a sort of look I aim for based on archetypes of women I admire. Once I achieve this look, it makes me feel good. The good feeling is not about feeling like a women; rather, it is about appreciating a job well done. There is, of course, a sexual component, but this piece is not physically expressed.
The act of taking photos of myself crossdressed serves a few purposes. First, there is a lot of work that goes into the process and it seems a shame not to capture the essence of the activity in a physical way. Second, posting the photos to Flickr, sometimes with commentary, is a means to crossdress vicariously since I am unable to do so 99% of the time. Finally, it is a means to inspire others, to enable them to feel something about the results of my crossdressing.
On this last point, I almost always receive positive feedback, and for this I am very appreciative. I feel a good deal of guilt sometimes for failing to recognize all the lovely comments. There is no excuse for that beyond pure laziness, but I nevertheless feel thankful for those of you who visit my photos and feel compelled to share your thoughts. But there are some that say nasty things, from those who think what I do is filthy to others who think what I do is...filthy, but get turned on by it and reach out to me hoping for a rendezvous (not in a million years).
I guess the point of this post is to say that crossdressing has an obvious aesthetic component. I just never quite considered it in a detailed way before.
Dress: Vince Camuto
Cardigan: Jessica Howard
Shoes: SHEIN