Playing With Fire and Ice
The full range of temperature play, how to do it, and what to look out for
Fire and Ice was the first poem I was tasked to recite from memory in my high school English literature class, and to this day it’s etched into the fibers of my brain. Robert Frost was right though; there aren’t many elements more powerful than the two, all though, I know them to have uses far beyond destruction. How about a bit of titillation? Or a dash of shock and surprise, followed by a soothing touch? And, why not oscillate between the two, from hot to cold and back again? Perhaps wear some blindfolds and try to guess what’s coming next?
What is sensation play?
BDSM is so much more than pain and humiliation, and while those certainly have their place, I’m personally a sucker for the subtler sensations. A sensualist above all, nothing gets me like trembling anticipation; the uncertainty of what’s to come grounded in absolute trust, and the mindfuck of having to sharpen each sense to decipher, only to be pleasantly startled by the unexpected.
These are key elements in sensation play, which can be described as any activity related to the senses, often involving either intense stimuli or deprivation of either sight, taste, smell, hearing, touch—or of several at the same time.
