Mermaids
What is it about me? Where did my infatuation with mermaids come from? Does it seem odd that I would devote my enjoyment of mermaids on a site that promotes my adult suspense thriller novels? I agree. I guess that makes me intriguing.
My Infatuation with Mermaids
Where did my infatuation with mermaids come from?
I do not know. What I can say is that sea life has always fascinated me. Just as I believe in Animism, I believe in creatures yet undiscovered at the ocean’s depths. These creatures do not aspire to be found and take pains to hide from the surface world. After all, humans rule the surface world, and we haven’t been kind to the Earth’s oceans.
From childhood to my mid-fifties, I kept many large fish tanks, raising various fish species. I created various underwater scenes filled with plant life, rocks, bubblers, and animated structures. One thing that I was always on the lookout for was mermaids, sirens, and divers. Perhaps that was the start.
My vision of mermaids
Of course, there can’t be mermaids without mermen to mate and produce offspring. Together, I refer to all sexes as merfolk. To avoid inbreeding, mermaids attract human males to mate with them in the sea. The mermaids keep the men from drowning while collecting their seed in the way you expect. Afterward, they let them drown.
I also believe they live in the oceans like other underwater creatures. Mermaids are mammalian amphibians who can breathe air and water and nurse their young with their mother’s milk. They hunt only to feed, not on each other or for sport. They may occasionally adorn their bodies with ornamentation that falls from the surface, but never with clothing. Beyond that, I don’t rightly know what else to believe, except they are beautiful and a necessary part of Gaia’s biosphere.
Incorporating Mermaids in my Creativity
Mermaids in my Paintings and Drawings
I’ve doodled mermaids for most of my life whenever the mood took me. Creating scenes and images in my artwork took on a new emphasis after my divorce, and I rediscovered my artistic talents.
My artistic endeavors recommenced around 2000, mostly focusing on female nudes. I used diverse media such as graphite, charcoal, oils, and watercolors. His gallery of works grew year after year. He exhibits them on his online gallery, which you can find at maggicalExpressions.
Below is a sampling of my mermaid art. My favorite is ‘Today’s Challenge,’ which is an example of my artistry. It earned a Fan Favorite award at the Rochester Erotic Festival some years ago. There are plenty more in my gallery on this site.
Using Mermaids in my Writing
Mona Bendarova Series
I also write stories that tickle my interest. I included mermaid stories in ‘The Taste of Honey’ and ‘Lucky Bitch,’ both are books in the Mona Bendarova Series. In the first title, it was a dream sequence by the leading lady character, Honey. In the latter, it was a MerHunt competition among the various houses in the community. Think of it as a fishing competition, and the winner is the mermaid that avoids capture. Read the Mona books to appreciate the competition truly.
Consortium Series
I also wrote a mermaid sequence in ‘The Trafficking Consortium’ in which the leading lady, Avril, daydreams while doing fifty laps in a pool. Although a strong swimmer, she preferred running long-distance marathons over swimming. Alas, running on a treadmill was all she could do because of current circumstances. Swimming was the next best thing.
Swimming laps in a 50-meter lap pool, she got lost in her daydream of being a mermaid. When she came out of the fugue state, she realized she had almost doubled the number of laps she intended. It surprised her that she wasn’t tired or winded at all. Over the following years, she tried to repeat the experience of daydreaming of being a mermaid, but they rarely came to her. But I keep it in the back of my mind for future stories.
A Mermaid’s Irresistible Curiosity
I also wrote ‘A Mermaid’s Irresistible Curiosity,’ a Mermaid Novella, available on this website, back in 2007. It was the only story I wrote long before I began publishing my stories that survived the passing of time. It took another ten years before I published my first book.
Oblivion, a mermaid of the deep, found it impossible to resist the surface world above her. One day, her curiosity got the best of her and she swam to the surface to see what that oblong shape on the surface was doing. Trying to stay out of sight, she failed to notice a net approaching her position. If you think you can guess the rest, you’d be mistaken.
Click the image to read the story and find out what happened.
Jigsaw Puzzles featuring Mermaids
I have dozens of Jigsaw puzzles of Mermaids. I started buying and assembling them during the 2021 pandemic. Being stuck at home all day, I split my day between writing and doing puzzles. My live-in partner, Janet, gave me the first one as a Christmas present. I put it together and caught the jigsaw puzzle bug. Before I knew it, I was ordering online as many mermaid puzzles as I could find.
As I completed each one, I photographed it and added it to my online gallery of puzzles. I even created a portfolio of my experiences with each one and a review of the puzzle.
Over time, I looked for more and more complicated puzzles. Eventually, I exhausted the marketplace for puzzles featuring mermaids. That’s when I found Chinese puzzles printed on wood. I was disappointed by the puzzle’s shoddy construction: visible cheat codes and flimsy plywood. I had to re-glue dozens of pieces as I assembled them. I gave up on them.
Since the pandemic ended, I haven’t worked on any unopened boxes. I have dozens of them, and I’ll get back to them in time.
Other Art featuring Mermaids
I also have purchased mermaid art and art prints. I especially like Olivia De Berardinis’s work, having purchased two limited prints signed by the artist and the model. The image shown here is a poor copy of the print I have hanging over my bedroom headboard. This image does not do justice to the translucent tail or the webbing between her fingers.
I also have a second signed limited edition print from Olivia De Berardinis. Although not a mermaid, this one is just as beautiful and hangs in my home office behind my desk. I love looking at both. You’ll forgive me if this is not strictly a mermaid, won’t you?
Other artwork I own includes two by Andy’s Dames. You can find his beautiful works at patreon.com/andysdames and subscribestar.com/andysdames. You can also purchase prints, etc. at http://www.andysdames.bigcartel.com
I have several other mermaids hanging on the walls of my office and a curio cabinet filled with ‘December Diamonds Mermaids.’ Anna is just one of them in my curio cabinet. I have a framed print of ‘Mermaid Martini’ hanging near my top-shelf liquor cabinet. And, before you ask, I don’t know how many other everyday items have a mermaid theme. You get the idea. I’m infatuated with them, yet I don’t know why. I just am.
Header artwork by Heraip whose gallery is found on Deviant Art.
