Across the Rubicon

Like the rest of the sexual and erotic diaspora of Tumblr (@staff), I’m being forced to make a decision about my next move regarding my art and interests. To that end I’ve created a Twitter account: @Rubicon9531. I’m not sure if that will be the only venue I use in the future but for now it’s the quickest and most reliable way for me to keep sharing my body and my photography.

I started this account just over 5 years ago in October of 2013. That was ancient history in a lot of ways. So much has happened to me personally and in the world in general since then. I was not out at that time. I was relatively new to photography. I was finally ready to admit to myself and the world that I was not a straight man and that I loved to share my naked, often aroused, body with the world. I knew there was no going back after I took that step. I crossed the Rubicon.

Now I’m starting a new adventure. Hopefully some of you will follow me. Who knows, maybe someday we won’t have any space left to share the beauty that we had here but I’m going to keep trying as long as I’m able. I’ll be trying to maintain some semblance of the community I had here. We’re all choosing different venues to continue as we feel is best. Sad that we have to go our separate ways against our wills. I may post some new stuff here in the coming weeks (fuck you, Tumblr, I’ll make you work a bit more filtering my cock out).

Like the rest of the sexual and erotic diaspora of Tumblr (@staff), I’m being forced to make a decision about my next move regarding my art and interests. To that end I’ve created a Twitter account: @Rubicon9531. I’m not sure if that will be the only venue I use in the future but for now it’s the quickest and most reliable way for me to keep sharing my body and my photography.

I started this account just over 5 years ago in October of 2013. That was ancient history in a lot of ways. So much has happened to me personally and in the world in general since then. I was not out at that time. I was relatively new to photography. I was finally ready to admit to myself and the world that I was not a straight man and that I loved to share my naked, often aroused, body with the world. I knew there was no going back after I took that step. I crossed the Rubicon.

Now I’m starting a new adventure. Hopefully some of you will follow me. Who knows, maybe someday we won’t have any space left to share the beauty that we had here but I’m going to keep trying as long as I’m able. I’ll be trying to maintain some semblance of the community I had here. We’re all choosing different venues to continue as we feel is best. Sad that we have to go our separate ways against our wills. I may post some new stuff here in the coming weeks (fuck you, Tumblr, I’ll make you work a bit more filtering my cock out).

Like the rest of the sexual and erotic diaspora of Tumblr (@staff), I’m being forced to make a decision about my next move regarding my art and interests. To that end I’ve created a Twitter account: @Rubicon9531. I’m not sure if that will be the only venue I use in the future but for now it’s the quickest and most reliable way for me to keep sharing my body and my photography.

I started this account just over 5 years ago in October of 2013. That was ancient history in a lot of ways. So much has happened to me personally and in the world in general since then. I was not out at that time. I was relatively new to photography. I was finally ready to admit to myself and the world that I was not a straight man and that I loved to share my naked, often aroused, body with the world. I knew there was no going back after I took that step. I crossed the Rubicon.

Now I’m starting a new adventure. Hopefully some of you will follow me. Who knows, maybe someday we won’t have any space left to share the beauty that we had here but I’m going to keep trying as long as I’m able. I’ll be trying to maintain some semblance of the community I had here. We’re all choosing different venues to continue as we feel is best. Sad that we have to go our separate ways against our wills. I may post some new stuff here in the coming weeks (fuck you, Tumblr, I’ll make you work a bit more filtering my cock out).

Instagram: @ ramslam

Photo by Sam Morris.

Instagram: @ ramslam

Photo by Sam Morris

Like the rest of the sexual and erotic diaspora of Tumblr (@staff), I’m being forced to make a decision about my next move regarding my art and interests. To that end I’ve created a Twitter account: @Rubicon9531. I’m not sure if that will be the only venue I use in the future but for now it’s the quickest and most reliable way for me to keep sharing my body and my photography.

I started this account just over 5 years ago in October of 2013. That was ancient history in a lot of ways. So much has happened to me personally and in the world in general since then. I was not out at that time. I was relatively new to photography. I was finally ready to admit to myself and the world that I was not a straight man and that I loved to share my naked, often aroused, body with the world. I knew there was no going back after I took that step. I crossed the Rubicon.

Now I’m starting a new adventure. Hopefully some of you will follow me. Who knows, maybe someday we won’t have any space left to share the beauty that we had here but I’m going to keep trying as long as I’m able. I’ll be trying to maintain some semblance of the community I had here. We’re all choosing different venues to continue as we feel is best. Sad that we have to go our separate ways against our wills. I may post some new stuff here in the coming weeks (fuck you, Tumblr, I’ll make you work a bit more filtering my cock out).

Like the rest of the sexual and erotic diaspora of Tumblr (@staff), I’m being forced to make a decision about my next move regarding my art and interests. To that end I’ve created a Twitter account: @Rubicon9531. I’m not sure if that will be the only venue I use in the future but for now it’s the quickest and most reliable way for me to keep sharing my body and my photography.

I started this account just over 5 years ago in October of 2013. That was ancient history in a lot of ways. So much has happened to me personally and in the world in general since then. I was not out at that time. I was relatively new to photography. I was finally ready to admit to myself and the world that I was not a straight man and that I loved to share my naked, often aroused, body with the world. I knew there was no going back after I took that step. I crossed the Rubicon.

Now I’m starting a new adventure. Hopefully some of you will follow me. Who knows, maybe someday we won’t have any space left to share the beauty that we had here but I’m going to keep trying as long as I’m able. I’ll be trying to maintain some semblance of the community I had here. We’re all choosing different venues to continue as we feel is best. Sad that we have to go our separate ways against our wills. I may post some new stuff here in the coming weeks (fuck you, Tumblr, I’ll make you work a bit more filtering my cock out).

Painted Series

2013 September 03

©DearIndifference

I keep thinking that I want to use these last two weeks of Tumblr to share work that I’ve always been afraid to share for one reason or another. So, as I’m looking through folders to find a photograph to post today, in the back of my mind I’m already forming thoughts that will fill the caption and provide some background to the shoot, you know a long rambling explanation… haha. So I log onto Tumblr and one of the first things I see on my dashboard is a meme that says “Explanation Kills Art” I’ve seen it before, (it’s something I’ve saved on my computer), Anyway, I immediately begin this internal argument with myself… “Wait, The caption is literally a part of this project, it is the Art, without it, the photo is incomplete” then the devil on my shoulder responds “What the fuck are you talking about, that’s nonsense!” 

I’m currently reading a Biography of Jeff Buckley  (my favorite artist, I may have mentioned that a few times). Anyway, in the book the author mentions that he never talked about his lyrics, and most of them are super vivid and cryptic… So reading the book got me in the mood to go back and listen to some old bootlegs and live stuff I don’t have on Cd or vinyl. One of the songs I’ve had on repeat is called “I Woke Up In A Strange Place” this is seriously one of the heaviest songs I’ve ever heard (emotionally speaking), “I was torn out like pages from the book of existence“ it’s just so powerfully sad, and so many of the lines make me wonder, what happened to you? it’s such a haunting song, and so being the curious person I am, I start digging into the lyrics and song meanings and reading people’s interpretations, and I go down this rabbit hole for maybe an hour and I realize the mystery, the questions,  the idea that I literally feel what he’s saying even if I’m somehow projecting my own thoughts and meanings into his words and music… maybe that is the power of art. The fact that you can share something so personal, so emotional, so honest, and then let it go without explanation, without hesitation, use it, feel it, make it yours… maybe Explanation does kill art?

Like the rest of the sexual and erotic diaspora of Tumblr (@staff), I’m being forced to make a decision about my next move regarding my art and interests. To that end I’ve created a Twitter account: @Rubicon9531. I’m not sure if that will be the only venue I use in the future but for now it’s the quickest and most reliable way for me to keep sharing my body and my photography.

I started this account just over 5 years ago in October of 2013. That was ancient history in a lot of ways. So much has happened to me personally and in the world in general since then. I was not out at that time. I was relatively new to photography. I was finally ready to admit to myself and the world that I was not a straight man and that I loved to share my naked, often aroused, body with the world. I knew there was no going back after I took that step. I crossed the Rubicon.

Now I’m starting a new adventure. Hopefully some of you will follow me. Who knows, maybe someday we won’t have any space left to share the beauty that we had here but I’m going to keep trying as long as I’m able. I’ll be trying to maintain some semblance of the community I had here. We’re all choosing different venues to continue as we feel is best. Sad that we have to go our separate ways against our wills. I may post some new stuff here in the coming weeks (fuck you, Tumblr, I’ll make you work a bit more filtering my cock out).

Like the rest of the sexual and erotic diaspora of Tumblr (@staff), I’m being forced to make a decision about my next move regarding my art and interests. To that end I’ve created a Twitter account: @Rubicon9531. I’m not sure if that will be the only venue I use in the future but for now it’s the quickest and most reliable way for me to keep sharing my body and my photography.

I started this account just over 5 years ago in October of 2013. That was ancient history in a lot of ways. So much has happened to me personally and in the world in general since then. I was not out at that time. I was relatively new to photography. I was finally ready to admit to myself and the world that I was not a straight man and that I loved to share my naked, often aroused, body with the world. I knew there was no going back after I took that step. I crossed the Rubicon.

Now I’m starting a new adventure. Hopefully some of you will follow me. Who knows, maybe someday we won’t have any space left to share the beauty that we had here but I’m going to keep trying as long as I’m able. I’ll be trying to maintain some semblance of the community I had here. We’re all choosing different venues to continue as we feel is best. Sad that we have to go our separate ways against our wills. I may post some new stuff here in the coming weeks (fuck you, Tumblr, I’ll make you work a bit more filtering my cock out).