We live in a world where objects have been deprived of their souls, and the last thing we want is to become lifeless objects ourselves. But even the things of the world want to be seen and touched, and the most ordinary objects of daily life have soul. We can bring soul back into mere objects by the way we make them, treat them, and respect them. The same is true of ourselves as sexual beings. We can discover the deapths of our own gazing and the importance in sex of looking and watching. And we can recover the value and pleasure of being the object of a mystery-filled sexual gaze.
--Thomas Moore
