the art of seduction

borrowed or maybe stole a book from a friend of a friend. it's a penguin book called the art of seduction i think.
it goes over theories about who has seduced who in history. Cleopatra seduced Caesar and Marc Antony. in different ways at that. elvis seduced young girls of america and the world. so did JFK. Napoleon seduced France and Josephine Bonaparte seduced him.

i'm just thinking about how the book is basically breaking down love, and explaining it in a cold, mathematically-correct way. even if we don't mean to seduce, it doesn't mean that we aren't. very interesting.

to read through the book (i'm almost done) for the reasons of maybe seducing girls or preventing girls from seducing me, turned out to be folly. it's much more philosophical than that. the book actually shows me my flaws, my holes. things i want and lack. and makes sence of why i look for the characteristics that i do. understanding what you want is making it easier to find.

it puts a spin on seduction that is less evil and cold-hearted. we all seduce and we all WANT to be seduced. it's a matter of feeling in control, even though we aren't. it's a matter of confidence.

i'll give final thoughts when i finish the book.