Art School Stole My Virginity...

...not mine, I didn't go to art school.

But today as I was mindlessly scrolling through Facebook, a Cosmo article caught my eye: Art School Stole My Virginity.

In summary Clayton will be losing his virginity as a piece of art work to the public on January 25th 2014 in London. He references some of the media responses to this and how it has been compared to pornography and should not be considered a piece of art. Clayton argues that the act of losing ones virginity is art, and he will be losing his virginity to a male friend for the public to see. Afterwards the audience will be encouraged to discuss the importance of virginity and whether our traditional values hold true - is deflowering really a loss, Or is it an awakening, a beginning, a milestone that should be celebrated rather than feared?

Without going to the show, and just reading about it has made me think about virginity and what he has said about it.

I find the idea of someone losing their virginity to a live audience quite daunting. All the expected nerves on top of having an audience is way too much to deal with, in my opinion. It has the potential to be the one thing he is remembered for, and what if he does this piece of art and then wants to into a career which isn't in the art profession? When a potential employer or anyone Google's his name, a detailed account of him losing his virginity will be available. I would be really interested to go and see this and be apart of the discussion would be an amazing opportunity but due to needing to travel for it, would make it difficult in respect to traveling.

The blog and show of it has really struck a cord with me. Cosmo made a point of hoping that he doesn't  regret it half way through and that his parents know, which I think are valid points. What I immediately thought was "I hope he has really thought this through, and won't regret it", but through what he has wrote it does seem like he really has, which is probably more than how much younger teen's have thought about it. I aim to not dwell or comment (much) on my own experience, as I am aware this is a blog which could be accessible to a lot of people, but it is probably more than I thought about it. He has a planned date for when it is going to happen, which allows him to be prepared in protection and to think everything through.

So I say; bravo. You brave man. I hope it goes well, and I will check back in to see how it went.