Chaos, Order, and Shibari

I am an artist. For me, that means to be someone who creates metaphors of life. In other words, I create lies that tell the truth. Some artists use words or sounds, I use ropes. For me, a bondage scene is a statement about chaos, order, and Shibari. Let me explain.

Rope by itself is chaos. It does what it wants. It has no shape. Actually, it’s just a thing that is there, without purpose or meaning. It’s there, but it could be anywhere else. That’s chaos. And chaos is dangerous, especially for the human mind, which is always longing for order and meaning.

That’s when order comes into the picture. I am an artist, but, on a more basic level, I am a human person. That means that I can create order. I can take things which are just there, and turn them into something that serves a purpose. So, when I take the rope and begin to tie my model, I am turning chaos into order. Also, I’m providing meaning to something that didn’t have it before. That’s what makes me human.

Then, once I have created a Shibari scene, I can share it with the public. I communicate, which is not just sending a message, like other species do, but sending meaning. You can “read” what I’ve just done. You can understand it and feel something similar to what I felt creating it. That’s a lot more than just sending messages and giving information. Communication opens a real possibility of living together, of being together. I don’t tell you something, I share something with you. And you understand it and make it yours. You can see things in it that I would have never discovered, even though I created the scene.

That’s the power of art. That’s my power with ropes. It’s the artistic power of Shibari, that drives the dynamic between chaos, order, and Shibari.

This is my Shibari story.