But what about “polymorphous eroticism"?

Here we must first distinguish between the sexual and the erotic — the erotic being a far wider range of experience. Eros is the life force that allures, that draws one thing toward another, the way gravity “takes hold of even the smallest thing / and pulls it toward the heart of the world.”

Eros, which, as noted earlier, has both West and South qualities, evokes in us a passionate curiosity, a wonderment that impels us to explore relationship and communion. Sexuality is a particular (and special!) variety of eroticism, a South variety. Sexual arousal spurs us to surrender to and avidly explore the allurement between our enfleshed self and that of another.

And here’s where “polymorphous” comes in. When embodying our Wild One, we are allured not merely by other humans but also by landscapes and seascapes, trees and forests, by ideas and poetry, art and music (rhythm as well as melody), and by eloquent spoken language and the fragrance and flavour of succulent cuisine. We find ourselves somatically aroused by the world, seduced and captivated by the everyday wonders of Earth.