Three prolegomena to a giant can of worms

(frank discussion of sex, of various kinds, some of it in street language — so not for kids or the sexually modest) 1 is about the Bloomsbury artists Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell; 2 is about affectionate relationships between gay men and straight women; 3 is about me and my wife, Ann. Prolegomenon 1: Grant and Bell. From my 5/19/2 posting “Standing Male Nude (Study of Tony Asserati)”, about a time in the UK when: sexual relations between men — of which [Duncan] Grant had an astounding number (he’s reported to have maintained that he would have relations with any man who would have him) — had to be scrupulously concealed [because it was a serious criminal offense]. As Grant’s were, under the protective umbrella of the Bloomsbury Group. (Deliciously, I can say that DG was, first, highly masculine; and then, in the framing of my posting yesterday, “le mot juste”, yes, a whoring faggot.) DG was partnered artistically and affectionately with Vanessa Bell (Virginia Woolf’s sister), who…