I don't know why, but I watched a few clips of the 1997 rendition of "Lolita" last night. Jeremy Irons is a handsome Humbert Humbert, and Dominic Swain, the gorgeously young, confused seductress.
I love the Proverbs 5 take on it all:
Have a read of it before you even think of checking out Lolita clips on youtube. I reflect on the film as one of deep longing, ashamedly twisted into a perverted and corrupted sexuality. From an artistic point of view, Swain does well in almost making you believe she is an older, more experienced woman in an adolescent's body.
That said, sex is not perverse, but so precious that out of God's intended specialty-place for it, all its true beauty is tarnished, finished, dissolved. I am learning this now. Give your body (and soul) to the one you know whom will commit to you for life. Think of how crazy the innerconnectedness will be, and worship the Creator whose intent is fulfilled in your passionate obedience.
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