SECRETS

We all have secrets

Shadow selves, shameful but drawn

Like moths to a flame.

Stopped by Jett Gallery recently and

walked into a photo exhibit entitled,

"equal=secret identities"

While a little harsh to absorb, the idea

behind the horrifying photos was that

we all have secret identities, personal

secrets, fetishes that we keep locked

away but are, nonetheless, drawn to.

Once exposed we are never viewed the

same by others. The artist used bondage

as a metaphor for secret identities.

Seemingly normal, regular Joe's; teachers,

lawyers, business people who participate

in this slightly(and not so slightly) deviant

hobby on the sly.I am reminded of the secret

life that Tiger Woods has participated in. Once

exposed his adoring public repels from

his once pristine profile. Maybe that's

the point. While the exhibit made me feel

slightly sick, having never been exposed

to the world of bondage apparatus, still

I've been thinking about it for the past

week; the things we do to cope, to

explore, to heighten our awareness.

The photographer is Josue Castro. Well

worth a stroll.