Sex is something not often talked about in our culture, leaving it to perpetually be a behind-closed-doors ordeal. People these days may not easily bring up sex as a topic of conversation, let alone some kind of intelligent conversation about the possibilities that can arise from mutual, genuine sex.

So, I'm going to try to propose an idea or concept about sex that I've thought of in the past. You can probably view it as an alternative perspective, or just food for thought.

Art has a very loose definition, but one aspect of art that we can all agree on is that it is the act of creating, or the experience of a creation. Art is complex, and it makes one think or have emotional responses to it. The more complex a piece of artwork is, the more it might affect the viewer in profound, sometimes life-changing ways. That may sound cliché, but if you think of the piece of artwork that resonates the most powerfully to you, or has affected your life the most, be it physical art, music, a movie, or a piece of literature, it will last in your life, and you will often think of it when applicable. You create sentimental value with it, and you care about it in ways that are hard to explain.

Now, let's talk about sex. Sex is an awesome thing, in which two people choose to please each other in ways that are also pretty hard to explain. It will resonate with those having sex as a memory that, whether you'd prefer it or not, will stay with you for the rest of your life, and it may affect your mind or thinking for years to come.

I'm about to start sounding like a hippie. Humanity is weird- life isn't easy, and people make and break life. People are so very complex, and their emotions, thoughts, and experiences are like a painted canvas, or a beautiful symphony, or a novel of a person's life. Therefore, I find it easy to compare each living person as a different piece of art, continuing to grow and become more complex, like some form of organic art piece.

So, here's where we return to that loose definition of art, and why sex is like an art.

If art is the experience of a creation, then people's lives- if you're like me and see people as art- are full of experience, complex emotions, thoughts, and other such things that you will have emotional responses to, and think about. This happens naturally, and makes up for all human interactions we have. People drive us in ways we can't explain, be it love, hate, admiration, the need to feel in a crowd, or however.

How are these art pieces created, you may ask? Certainly not from the stork.

The act of sex is beautiful, whether for the sake of procreation or not, two people can have wonderful sexual experiences. As stated earlier, life is hard, and people are strange, and if people are pieces of art, they have this crazy power to create more art. In an act of mutual pleasure, in a few moments of forgetting about life's stresses, pains, and sorrows, two people, by whatever means, mutually decide to please each other in indescribable ways. In a perfect scenario, the two focus on the other's sexual needs and be in the moment for that other person, leading to an amazing cohesion of mutual affection that leads to both partners leaving the burdens of the world behind for the passion of another.

I'm not the only one who thinks that sex can be seen as art either. Lady Gaga and her fiancé, Taylor Kinney, made love on a canvas while covered in paint. Although there's a slight difference between Lady Gaga's literal art on the canvas, and the metaphorical/physical art that I'm talking about, the thought is there, and I love it.

This is beautiful, and if the sex leads to a child, then this beautiful act of passion creates another work of art that will roam the world, gain experience, live emotionally, have tremendous thoughts, and one day create more art as well. It is a never-ending cycle of the art of the individual creating life, being another work of art.

I think that this kind of perspective on sex and art can lead to a more open discussion of sex in our society, and make it

ok to talk about, as it should be. Sex education is lacking, and, although it is everywhere in movies and the media, it's still a taboo anywhere else in American culture. Hopefully, this type of artistic perspective, as shared by Lady Gaga as well, can reveal a more beautiful, creative side to sex that can make it easier to talk about.

Just food for thought. Or pillow talk.