Mario Saucedo's Bondage Cross (continued)

Every Saturday night for the past few weeks, and probably every Saturday night for the next few, on my weekly Internet and cable TV show, I offer my guests the opportunity to ascend the Cross. Though all ascensions are absolutely voluntary, occasionally a volunteer's neighbors, lovers, would-be lovers, apostles, prudes or social critics are seized by feelings of horror upon viewing their associate upon the Cross. In one case, a clique of artists, upset that their neighbor had ascended the Cross, withdrew their art, creating a Wailing Wall of Protest with their letters and other artifacts of outrage. Indeed, for some, this has become the most important cross to come along in the past two thousand years.

Photos by Tom Zimmerman

Picture Three: Pre-Crucifixion Molestation
Picture Four: Feeling Up the Curator
Picture Three: The Doctor Unwraps Hope Before the Cross
Picture Four: Spanking the Artist's Apprentice

Picture Three: Axel Adjusts Jolie's Dials
Picture Four: Dr. Suzy, Criss-Crossed & Clawed
Picture Three: Lasse Whacks the Doc
Picture Four: Tongue-Lashing

And yet, it's just a piece of interactive art, a big toy, a set of X-rated monkey bars, a joyride for the sensually adventurous. As I strap the volunteers onto the Cross and crank up the chains, raising their handcuffed wrists along with their expectations, I feel like some sort of Wild Ride operator in an Erotic Amusement Park. "Step right up, Little Lady (or Man)! Raise your arms to Heaven, and spread your legs across Hell! Hold onto your Safe Word, and get ready to experience the slings and horsewhips of the Avenging Angel of the Erotic Apocalypse!" 

"Eros Day" Photos by Thomas Lane

Picture One: Hades Claims Persephone
Picture Two: Underworld Princess
Picture Three: Speak into the Mike, Teri
Picture Four: Sucking the Sinner

Picture Five: Eros Day Ascension
Picture Six: Gravity Takes Over
Picture Seven: Penetration, Not Crucification
Picture Eight: Off the Cross, On with sex

Great art, erotic, apocalyptic or otherwise, acts like a powerful angel or demon, reaching into your heart, changing your mind, revealing some hidden truth, putting it's mark on you, like the stroke of a whip, that can linger for days. Sometimes a lifetime.

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