Jonathan Ellis wrote:

>Eroticism has nothing to do with emotions; it is an intellectual response
>to a trigger.  It is like - for me - watching an attractive woman light a
>cigarette (I don't smoke myself, in case you're wondering) and allowing
>the smoke to drift up in front of her.  That is erotic.  Pornography, on
>the other hand, isn't.  Which could explain why music can induce erotic
>feelings: because it appeals to the emotions, not to the senses.

I am confused by Jonathan's discourse:  on the one hand, eroticism has
nothing to do with emotions; on the other hand, music can induce erotic
feelings because it appeals to the emotions.  Can one claim to sell an
all-penetrating sword and an all-resisting shield at the same time?

D.T. Phi