"pictures of lily make my life so wonderful"

Pornography has existed both as a positive and a negative in my life.
There have been times where pornography has awaken me from
a long sexual sleep, and other times when it has harmed me in such a way
that it has disconnected me from my sexuality.

It has saved some of my relationships, such as long distance ones that tend to suffer
from an inherent sexual frustration. In this case watching pornography gave me the strength
to remain faithful. On the other hand, when I was young and just getting into porn,
I lost some relationships because of my sheer eagerness to masturbate to pornography.
this often left me "empty" and unable, costing me some early sexual experience.

It is hard for me to envision a world without pornography, though I can clearly see
that it is not always a good occurrence in our civilization. it can objectify the sexes
and destroy our sense of sexual reality through its tendency towards sensationalism.
This being said, I relate to The Who lyric "pictures of lily make my life so wonderful".
these images can help me sleep, help me wake up, all the while playing upon
my sense of sexual guilt.

pornography is not wholly a positive or a negative phenomena in civilization.
It is both at different times. It calls upon us to exercise a certain amount of
moderation but then again what doesn't.
-Mat