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Let’s Have Great Sex
Why it’s not really about technique or size so much as honesty, attention, planning, and attitude
I really, really want to paint a canvas in the style of Vermeer. Sometimes I fantasize about just what will be in the picture and I can’t wait to get started. I’m pretty sure tonight will be the night it happens. Sure, I haven’t actually practiced much painting but I do create a quick sketch a couple of times a month so there’s no reason I won’t be able to execute my painting. There may even be a brush somewhere in one of the kitchen drawers I can use when I’m feeling ready to be creative.
Except, perhaps not tonight after all. Because after heating up dinner and putting everything in the dishwasher after a hasty meal during which my partner and I complained about the jobs we hate and the colleagues who annoy us, we sat on the sofa to wind down by watching a new Netflix series which, to be honest, isn’t all that great but what else is there to do after dinner? And now I’m tired and not really in the mood to paint. Frankly I blame my partner for not inspiring me more. And now I’m going to take my sleeping pill because I’ve got another difficult day to face tomorrow.
Most adults, at one time or another, have wished for great sex. But like our would-be painter in the two paragraphs above, we never…
