Perfect Storm of Submission 2

This is a re-do of the original with a slight shift in color balance.

When I write on dominance and submission, it has been established that red is the "dominant" color and that the "submissive" color is this relatively boring, unremarkable light bluish color. On the rest of my blog, I use a much darker, more vibrant blue that would be painful to read for long periods of time.

Turn your attention back to the picture above. . . . . Starting with red, it phases into blue, but there are large "blended" areas between the two. Red is on top, leading the show, but it ends with blue. The two of them complement each other in order to form the entire picture. . . . . . . the entire basis for submission. Without the words to define submission and flesh it out, that picture would merely be a hollow representation. . . . . . .nothing to look at, to examine, to enjoy. Feel free to click on it; it'll get bigger, and you can see it up close and personal.

Dominance and submission often appear incredibly cut and dry, but there is SO much going on beneath the surface. There are the obvious facets, such as control, obedience, and love, and then there are less apparent ones such as completion, partnership, and vulnerability.

While the obvious facets are big pieces of D/s, it's what happens beneath the surface that starts the spark, and then allows the magic to blossom and grow. A very close friend of mine started a thread of conversation on yesterday's blog post with these words:

The rush of receiving your partners submission, the power exchange with her obedience, the general air of tension as she submits to your directions and dominance all create the "perfect storm". . . .

He nailed it. I've never seen it described like that, but he summed it ALL up. Dominance and submission are a perfect storm, ending in the perfect calm. At times, it can seem as if one is standing in the eye of the storm. Everything comes to a dead stand-still, and the emotions and thoughts whirl around and around and around, but standing in the center of it all, it's as if time stand still. Everything freezes, yet is more active than anything on Earth. The internal battle to submit, to obey, wars with the desire to retain control and with the desire for self-preservation.

The rush of emotion is like nothing else, and standing on the brink of either complete submission or of defiance, the fight or flight reflex can be incredibly potent and strong. It's not an "I'm scared; I need out of this feeling"; it's an internal tug and pull. That tension builds, swirls, combines with the strength of your partner's personality, and at the height of the storm, it feels, as I said, as if for a split second, the entire world stands still. Everything boils down a single pinprick point in time, and the perfect storm rages.