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From the Keyhole: Beginning

keyhole, backstage tying dolores

Starting the first tie on Dolores for the evening. Click on the picture to see the rest of the shots from the night. As always, thanks go to Nathaniel for the pictures.

Helmut Newton, Paris 1977

From Beautiful and Depraved

From the Keyhole: Backstage, grinning


Every so often a picture gets taken that can really show what tying can be like, in a moment. This is one of them, from last week’s Keyhole Session. Me, tying the Madame in preparation for her (sudden and unexpected) appearance in the last pose of the evening. I wish I could remember what we were saying.

Thanks to Nathaniel for the pics.

From the Keyhole: Rope on Pandora


From last week’s Keyhole Session. Yes, that’s a leopard-print bikini top. It was a Wilma-and-Betty themed night. Click on the image to check out the other pics from the night.

Thanks to Nathaniel for the pics.

Back into the Keyhole

(That’s icing on her foot, by the way.)

Last Tuesday night marked the return of the Keyhole Sessions, after taking the month of December off to regroup and get ready for a new year. We’ve moved locations, and are now holding classes at the Great Hall, right on the corner of Queen and Dovercourt, here in Toronto. It’s a gorgeous room and a perfect match for us.
Having said that, I’ve got a LOT of catching up to do. First off I need to figure out how to make the lighting as good as we had it at our old space. It’s a less forgiving room, in a lot of ways… bigger, which is good ‘cos we need the space. Older, however, which means NO screwing into the walls. That makes things tougher. I have a feeling we’ll have it more together for this week’s upcoming session.
Our first session back was fun, I have to say – although I was less than impressed with my ropework. It felt half-hearted, and more than a bit sloppy. It’s amazing what tying at least once a week will do for me. I feel like I’ve somehow fallen WAY behind, with even just a month off of Keyhole. I didn’t do much tying of my own, in that time, for reasons I haven’t totally figured out yet. Suffice it to say, December was a hard month.
I am looking forward to seeing how the Keyhole Sessions grow this year. Actually I’m just looking forward to 2010 in general. In many ways I’m very happy to see the end of 2009. A lot of good happened for me this past year, but I’m not convinced right now that it balances out the massive amount of bad that also showed up.
I’ve never been one for resolutions. This year, however, I made a point of telling myself that, no matter what, I am not going to let any opportunities pass me by this year. I plan on taking the time and spending the energy to help build The Keyhole Sessions into what I think they can be.