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Why do I have to keep repeating myself?


It's different for every person, of course. But here are a few sites to check out:


The Hall of Statuary


The Medusa Realm


Statuephiles


Studs in Stone


Often on the message boards at some of these sites, or on the newsgroup, or in the IRC channel, someone will ask "Why do YOU like the idea of people being turned to stone?"


Here's what I wrote in response to someone recently wrote to such a question. It's not an essay or anything, just a free flow of thoughts, but I think it explains things pretty well.


I would appreciate feedback on this.


*BEGIN PREVIOUSLY-WRITTEN TEXT*


After years of wondering, I think I've figured it out.


But it's rather hard to explain.


I've been meaning to try to write it out in an essay form that actually
make sense, but I'll try to sketch it out here.


For me, it's about glorification of the (female) human spirit. The spirit
is a beautiful thing. It fascinates me. And as with other non-physical
things, such as God, we can see it in the clearest and purest sense when
we are NOT seeing evidence of it, but simply know that it's there.


What is a person? Look at a female. She's many things. She's every emotion
she's ever felt, everything she's ever done, everything she has the
POTENTIAL to do and feel and accomplish. She is every facial expression
she has ever made, every time she's ever cried, everything she's ever
seen, everything she's ever experienced. She is what she is, what she has
been, and what she has the potenial to be.


But, look at what we have. People, who are so much more than what we
see, are running around in bipedal bags of goop & blood & guts called
a physical body. They're running to and fro and living hectic lives and
chasing after their goals and dreams. The spirit guides the body, the
spirit is reflected on the face of the body, and in the body's actions,
and because of the interlink between the body and the spirit, it's
hard to tell where the body ends and the spirit begins, or where the
spirit ends, and the body begins. In this active state, it's hard to
see someone as a complete person, a single person, a sum of all that they
are. We see what she's doing now, but we don't know what she was doing
yesterday, we see what sort of mood she's in, but we don't know the
bredth of her mind. Being forced to interact with the world, she's not
able to be her entire self. She's not able to spend all of her time
just being happy of who she is, or on an even lower level, being happy
JUST EXISTING.


I consider it wrong that women have to live this way. They should be
able to be who they are, all of who they are. I consider actually
being alive in an animate body to be the REAL bondage, the real captivity.
It's sad that women must grow old, visit Wal-mart to purchase
feminine hygeine products, pay taxes, etc. (but usually not in that
order). By extending themselves into the world rather than into
themselves, they're robbing both themselves and the world of their full
potential. They are changing too fast to truly observe the beauty of
their souls as it was meant to be observed.


Enter a way of quantifying the spirit. Quantifying isn't the word I'm
looking for, because quantifying implies numbering, grading, or
labeling. But I can't think of any better word no matter how hard I try.
When a woman is turned to stone, she is no longer reacting to the
world except within herself. Instead of DOING, she IS. She exists in a
more pure form.


So why do I like turning women to stone? Simply because inside the
statue exists the entirity of the woman. Her entire spirit, her
entire mind, her entire potential, her entire being, exists within a
single, static container. And that's the key. We see the statue. That
is the body, one expression of her being. But I know that SHE is within
the statue, in a state of completeness, free to be who she wants and
think what she wants. And knowing this, I can truly see the beauty of her
spirit. The world is a better place because a complete person exists
within it. A person who is as free as any person in this physical world
can ever be.


(And then I touch her butt.)


Did that make any sense at all to anyone? At all? I figure I'm
completely out in left field here. But if anybody could manage a
"yeah, maybe that kinda makes sense," I'd really appreciate it.


*END PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN TEXT*


Have a great day!

Hello, I'm the person who started the "naked and petrified" trend on Segfault, and helped it grow and mature on Slashdot. I've been nurturing its tender spirit for more than half a year now, and it's been incredibly rewarding, not just to myself, but to the millions of fans. I'm glad also that so many other people have taken it up and copycatted it. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Anyway, I've never petrified anyone in real life. I know, like any sensible person, that it's not possible in real life. But it's possible in Greek mythology, and in Hollywood movies, and in science fiction! And most importantly of all, in our fantasies! And that's what really matters. I know I'll never actually have a cute little petrified girl to call my own, and that makes me sad, so sad that I've actually been tempted several times to settle for a non-petrified girl, but I've resisted that temptation.

I also wrote the "Tatoo the DeCSS Source on Natalie Portman's Ass" thing, by the way. I'm glad you enjoyed it! It's fan like you that motivate me to continue!

Anyway, if you want to know where it comes from for me, here's an explanation.

****

It's different for every person, of course. But here are a few sites to check out:

The Hall of Statuary

The Medusa Realm

Statuephiles

Studs in Stone

Often on the message boards at some of these sites, or on the newsgroup, or in the IRC channel, someone will ask "Why do YOU like the idea of people being turned to stone?"

Here's what I wrote in response to someone recently wrote to such a question. It's not an essay or anything, just a free flow of thoughts, but I think it explains things pretty well.

I would appreciate feedback on this.

*BEGIN PREVIOUSLY-WRITTEN TEXT*

After years of wondering, I think I've figured it out.

But it's rather hard to explain.

I've been meaning to try to write it out in an essay form that actually make sense, but I'll try to sketch it out here.

For me, it's about glorification of the (female) human spirit. The spirit is a beautiful thing. It fascinates me. And as with other non-physical things, such as God, we can see it in the clearest and purest sense when we are NOT seeing evidence of it, but simply know that it's there.

What is a person? Look at a female. She's many things. She's every emotion she's ever felt, everything she's ever done, everything she has the POTENTIAL to do and feel and accomplish. She is every facial expression she has ever made, every time she's ever cried, everything she's ever seen, everything she's ever experienced. She is what she is, what she has been, and what she has the potenial to be.

But, look at what we have. People, who are so much more than what we see, are running around in bipedal bags of goop & blood & guts called a physical body. They're running to and fro and living hectic lives and chasing after their goals and dreams. The spirit guides the body, the spirit is reflected on the face of the body, and in the body's actions, and because of the interlink between the body and the spirit, it's hard to tell where the body ends and the spirit begins, or where the spirit ends, and the body begins. In this active state, it's hard to see someone as a complete person, a single person, a sum of all that they are. We see what she's doing now, but we don't know what she was doing yesterday, we see what sort of mood she's in, but we don't know the bredth of her mind. Being forced to interact with the world, she's not able to be her entire self. She's not able to spend all of her time just being happy of who she is, or on an even lower level, being happy JUST EXISTING.

I consider it wrong that women have to live this way. They should be able to be who they are, all of who they are. I consider actually being alive in an animate body to be the REAL bondage, the real captivity. It's sad that women must grow old, visit Wal-mart to purchase feminine hygeine products, pay taxes, etc. (but usually not in that order). By extending themselves into the world rather than into themselves, they're robbing both themselves and the world of their full potential. They are changing too fast to truly observe the beauty of their souls as it was meant to be observed.

Enter a way of quantifying the spirit. Quantifying isn't the word I'm looking for, because quantifying implies numbering, grading, or labeling. But I can't think of any better word no matter how hard I try. When a woman is turned to stone, she is no longer reacting to the world except within herself. Instead of DOING, she IS. She exists in a more pure form.

So why do I like turning women to stone? Simply because inside the statue exists the entirity of the woman. Her entire spirit, her entire mind, her entire potential, her entire being, exists within a single, static container. And that's the key. We see the statue. That is the body, one expression of her being. But I know that SHE is within the statue, in a state of completeness, free to be who she wants and think what she wants. And knowing this, I can truly see the beauty of her spirit. The world is a better place because a complete person exists within it. A person who is as free as any person in this physical world can ever be.

(And then I touch her butt.)

Did that make any sense at all to anyone? At all? I figure I'm completely out in left field here. But if anybody could manage a "yeah, maybe that kinda makes sense," I'd really appreciate it.

*END PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN TEXT*

Have a great day!

It's different for every person, of course. But here are a few sites to check out:

The Hall of Statuary

The Medusa Realm

Statuephiles

Studs in Stone

Often on the message boards at some of these sites, or on the newsgroup, or in the IRC channel, someone will ask "Why do YOU like the idea of people being turned to stone?"

Here's what I wrote in response to someone recently wrote to such a question. It's not an essay or anything, just a free flow of thoughts, but I think it explains things pretty well.

I would appreciate feedback on this.

*BEGIN PREVIOUSLY-WRITTEN TEXT*

After years of wondering, I think I've figured it out.

But it's rather hard to explain.

I've been meaning to try to write it out in an essay form that actually make sense, but I'll try to sketch it out here.

For me, it's about glorification of the (female) human spirit. The spirit is a beautiful thing. It fascinates me. And as with other non-physical things, such as God, we can see it in the clearest and purest sense when we are NOT seeing evidence of it, but simply know that it's there.

What is a person? Look at a female. She's many things. She's every emotion she's ever felt, everything she's ever done, everything she has the POTENTIAL to do and feel and accomplish. She is every facial expression she has ever made, every time she's ever cried, everything she's ever seen, everything she's ever experienced. She is what she is, what she has been, and what she has the potenial to be.

But, look at what we have. People, who are so much more than what we see, are running around in bipedal bags of goop & blood & guts called a physical body. They're running to and fro and living hectic lives and chasing after their goals and dreams. The spirit guides the body, the spirit is reflected on the face of the body, and in the body's actions, and because of the interlink between the body and the spirit, it's hard to tell where the body ends and the spirit begins, or where the spirit ends, and the body begins. In this active state, it's hard to see someone as a complete person, a single person, a sum of all that they are. We see what she's doing now, but we don't know what she was doing yesterday, we see what sort of mood she's in, but we don't know the bredth of her mind. Being forced to interact with the world, she's not able to be her entire self. She's not able to spend all of her time just being happy of who she is, or on an even lower level, being happy JUST EXISTING.

I consider it wrong that women have to live this way. They should be able to be who they are, all of who they are. I consider actually being alive in an animate body to be the REAL bondage, the real captivity. It's sad that women must grow old, visit Wal-mart to purchase feminine hygeine products, pay taxes, etc. (but usually not in that order). By extending themselves into the world rather than into themselves, they're robbing both themselves and the world of their full potential. They are changing too fast to truly observe the beauty of their souls as it was meant to be observed.

Enter a way of quantifying the spirit. Quantifying isn't the word I'm looking for, because quantifying implies numbering, grading, or labeling. But I can't think of any better word no matter how hard I try. When a woman is turned to stone, she is no longer reacting to the world except within herself. Instead of DOING, she IS. She exists in a more pure form.

So why do I like turning women to stone? Simply because inside the statue exists the entirity of the woman. Her entire spirit, her entire mind, her entire potential, her entire being, exists within a single, static container. And that's the key. We see the statue. That is the body, one expression of her being. But I know that SHE is within the statue, in a state of completeness, free to be who she wants and think what she wants. And knowing this, I can truly see the beauty of her spirit. The world is a better place because a complete person exists within it. A person who is as free as any person in this physical world can ever be.

(And then I touch her butt.)

Did that make any sense at all to anyone? At all? I figure I'm completely out in left field here. But if anybody could manage a "yeah, maybe that kinda makes sense," I'd really appreciate it.

*END PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN TEXT*

Have a great day!

The Hall of Statuary

The Medusa Realm

Studs in Stone

"flesh" is for people who enjoy TAKING rather than giving. I consider these people selfish, people who consider partaking of females and gratifying themselves, rather than thinking about what's best, long-term, for the female. Some of us are happier just knowing that the female exists, and we want her to continue to exist and be able to be herself without being forced to react to the world, rather than just fulfilling sick carnal sexual desires like MOST of the people in the world.

Here's something I wrote about it once to one of the statuephile message boards.

After years of wondering, I think I've figured it out.

But it's rather hard to explain.

I've been meaning to try to write it out in an essay form that actually make sense, but I'll try to sketch it out here.

For me, it's about glorification of the (female) human spirit. The spirit is a beautiful thing. It fascinates me. And as with other non-physical things, such as God, we can see it in the clearest and purest sense when we are NOT seeing evidence of it, but simply know that it's there.

What is a person? Look at a female. She's many things. She's every emotion she's ever felt, everything she's ever done, everything she has the POTENTIAL to do and feel and accomplish. She is every facial expression she has ever made, every time she's ever cried, everything she's ever seen, everything she's ever experienced. She is what she is, what she has been, and what she has the potenial to be.

But, look at what we have. People, who are so much more than what we see, are running around in bipedal bags of goop & blood & guts called a physical body. They're running to and fro and living hectic lives and chasing after their goals and dreams. The spirit guides the body, the spirit is reflected on the face of the body, and in the body's actions, and because of the interlink between the body and the spirit, it's hard to tell where the body ends and the spirit begins, or where the spirit ends, and the body begins. In this active state, it's hard to see someone as a complete person, a single person, a sum of all that they are. We see what she's doing now, but we don't know what she was doing yesterday, we see what sort of mood she's in, but we don't know the bredth of her mind. Being forced to interact with the world, she's not able to be her entire self. She's not able to spend all of her time just being happy of who she is, or on an even lower level, being happy JUST EXISTING.

I consider it wrong that women have to live this way. They should be able to be who they are, all of who they are. I consider actually being alive in an animate body to be the REAL bondage, the real captivity. It's sad that women must grow old, visit Wal-mart to purchase feminine hygeine products, pay taxes, etc. (but usually not in that order). By extending themselves into the world rather than into themselves, they're robbing both themselves and the world of their full potential. They are changing too fast to truly observe the beauty of their souls as it was meant to be observed.

Enter a way of quantifying the spirit. Quantifying isn't the word I'm looking for, because quantifying implies numbering, grading, or labeling. But I can't think of any better word no matter how hard I try. When a woman is turned to stone, she is no longer reacting to the world except within herself. Instead of DOING, she IS. She exists in a more pure form.

So why do I like turning women to stone? Simply because inside the statue exists the entirity of the woman. Her entire spirit, her entire mind, her entire potential, her entire being, exists within a single, static container. And that's the key. We see the statue. That is the body, one expression of her being. But I know that SHE is within the statue, in a state of completeness, free to be who she wants and think what she wants. And knowing this, I can truly see the beauty of her spirit. The world is a better place because a complete person exists within it. A person who is as free as any person in this physical world can ever be.

(And then I touch her butt.)

For most people, it's NOT a control issue. But no two people are the same. Some of us think it's SELFISH to partake of fleshy, mobile females, and think that the females would be happier and more content as immortal statues, able to engage in their intellectual and philosophical pursuits freely, without being forced to interact with the material world.

See these sites for more info.

The Hall of Statuary

The Medusa Realm

Studs in Stone -- See, we're not sexist

The alt.sex.fetish.robots homepage

The alt.sex.fetish.robots newsgroup

Statuephiles

Kimy's House of Living Mannequins

Happy petrification!

I am the original poster (and the person who started the "naked and petrified" trend on Segfault, though a bunch of other lame-brains picked up on it... the sexually explicit comments were NOT mine, and I'm also the author of the famous "immobilized and not fully clothed" letter to ESR, the first ever "naked and petrified" post to reach a moderation point of 5, and stay there), and I would like to clarify.

I would NEVER transform a girl into a statue unwillingly if she didn't enjoy being a statue. If she did NOT like being a statue, I would immediately restore her to her animate state, apologize thoroughly, and go look for females with more of a proclivity for being marble.

Rufies are NOTHING of the sort. They do NOT actually transform flesh into any kind of inert substance while preserving the consciousness of the transformed person. That's what's important.

In all of my fantasies, the women LOVE being statues. In fact, the transformation is usually voluntary, or at the least, temporary. Many of the women I talk to about this say they DON'T think they'd probably enjoy being statues. But until science or magic actually advances far enough to find out, we don't know WHAT it would be like to be a statue, and whether or not the women would enjoy it.

So how can you decide if it's good or bad?

And since it's something that can never happen, in our lifetimes or probably ever, what is the bag fat hairy yak-brained idea??

Petriphilia (or statuephilia) is a VERY common interest. You'd be surprised how many hundreds of us there are on the Internet, and how many THOUSANDS in the world. So before you switch into FLAME FLAME FLAME FLAME mode, maybe you should read what this article is actually saying. How would you like it if I criticized YOUR sexuality?

Okay, I'll do just that.

GOD, YOU'RE SICK! YOU ACTUALLY HAVE *SEX* WITH PEOPLE! THAT'S DISGUSTING! YOU CAN GET ALL KINDS OF DISEASED AND PREGNANCY AND STUFF DOING THAT!!! SICK SICK SICK!! YOU SEXUALISTS MAKE ME WANT TO VOMIT! I'M HEVER READING SLASHDOT AGAIN!

There. You didn't like it very much, did you.

Throw stones elsewhere, or better yet, don't throw stones at all.

I was actually rather disheartened when this got moderated up. That's not what's supposed to happen. My "Open Letter to ESR" was supposed to be moderated up, and it was. Because, not to brag, it was very clever. This was no more clever than my favorite cartoon, Pokey the Penguin. It was meant for those who, like me, keep thresholds at -1, sort by score, and always skip to the bottom of the article to find the REAL good stuff.

I apologize for the inconvenience caused by it being moderated up.

For those who want to learn more about people who love turning girls to stone:

http://www.oaktree.net/argoforg
http://members.xoom.com/meddie/Medusa

We're really quite normal, good, honest people. Please don't judge us based on the fact that one of us (me) enjoys a good Troll now and then!!!

Good day, and God bless.

Yes, in addition to a number of "mainstream" sites with interesting references to petrification, there are actually two very good "for statuephile by statuephile" websites, complete with message boards, a chat room, hundreds of images, hundreds of stories, etc etc etc.

Here you go:

The Hall of Statuary

The Medusa Realm

They're both EXCELLENT sites, and have links to other sites of interest. Stop by the message boards and say hello if you want, we'd love to hear from you.

Dear ESR:

(No GIFs due to patent problems)

I'm sure everyone at Slashdot is familiar with the internal strife and conflict that can currently be found in the Mae Ling Mak Naked and Petrified movement, a primary cause of which is YOU and your cronies and your watered-down version of the ideals of Mae Ling Mak Naked and Petrified, which you laughably refer to as Mae Ling Mak Immobilized and Not Fully Clothed. You've taken what was good and pure about Mae Ling Mak Naked and Petrified and watered it down so it would be more tolerable and acceptable to conservative blowhards who are afraid to think outside the terms of society's established notions and conditions. This is detailed on our web page (no GIFs due to patent problems!!!) in our founder's document "Mae Ling Mak Naked and Petrified vs. Mae Ling Mak Immobilized and Not Fully Clothed," so I won't repeat what's already been said.

You state that by changing "Petrified" to "Immobilzied" you placate those who are afraid of the idea of petrification, and by replacing "Naked" with "Not Fully Clothed" you placate those who fear nudity. I SAY THAT THIS IS WRONG!!! The entire HEART of Mae Ling (No GIFs due to patent problems) Mak naked and petrified is MAE LING MAK.... NAKED.... AND PETRIFIED. The nudity and the petrification are the essential elements!

This bastardized philosophy you preach flies in the face of the Mae Ling Mak Naked and Petrified movement, which you ONCE claimed to support! (No GIFs due to patent problems) Now you've stomped on our heads on your rise to glory with your own hacked-up version of our philosphy. "Immobilized and not fully clothed" indeed! Why, that could be referring to a paralyzed Polish cowboy wearing a bikini for all we know! (No GIFs due to patent problems)

We know what's GOOD for the people, even if the people don't know what's good for themselves. What's good for the people is Mae Ling Mak, naked, and petrified. The people (No GIFs due to patent problems) NEED a naked Mae Ling Mak statue. You can't dispute this. You believe this yourself. And yet you refuse to stand up for what you believe! You say, "Well, maybe it's okay if she's not petrified, as long as she can't move," or (No GIFs due to patent problems) "Well, maybe she doesn't have to be naked, but she could at least take her shirt off or something." You BELIEVE she should be naked and petrified, but you ALLOW other lesser variations on this perfect theme into what could otherwise be a strong, world-dominating paradigm! (No GIFs due to patent problems)

You've sold out to the court of popular opinion. You're a blight on the face of the Mae Ling Mak Naked and Petrified movement. I hope you enjoy your Mae Ling Mak Immobilzed and Not Fully Clothed movement while it lasts, because guess what, we're going to run you (No GIFs due to patent problems) out of town!

FURTHER (No GIFs due to patent problems) NOTE: Please see THIS COMMENT in which several misconceptions of a person referencing Mae Ling Mak Naked and Petrified incorrectly were addressed.

Anyway, my QUESTION, is in your official response to (no GIFs due to patent problems) our founder's attack on the Mae Ling Mak Immobilized and Not Fully Clothed movement, you left SEVERAL major points unaddressed.

1. How you expect EITHER of the two Mae Ling Mak immobilization movements to compete with its competitors, the FreeMLM, OpenMLM, and NetMLM movements, with all this silly infighting that's going on.

2. The accusation that you simply watered-down Mae Ling Mak Naked and Petrified not for any real moral reason, or even to make it more acceptable to the general public, but simply to make it more acceptable to big business and help to increase profit potential? (No GIFs due to patent problems) Do I smell the rancid stench of Capitalism on your breath, ESR??

3. Ain't Mae Ling Mak really cute?

4. (No GIFs due to patent problems)

5. Just what's the big idea, anyway???

Those are all the questions.

FURTHER READING:

THOUGHTS FROM MAE LING MAK ABOUT THIS

MORE THOUGHTS FROM MAE LING MAK ABOUT THIS

A MISINFORMED SOUL GETS CORRECTED

A GOOD STATUEPHILE WEBSITE but it contains a GIF so it's bad!!!!!

ANOTHER GOOD STATUEPHILE WEBSITE but it contains GIFs so it has to DIE!!!!

I hope you'll be able to clear this up. Thank you for your time.

Those would be some very cute statues! Natalie Portman as well! And lately I've discovered that Leelee Sobieski is very attractive also. And let us not forget Jessica Alba! And Miranda from UserFriendly! And many others!

Good statuephile/petrification websites:

The Medusa Realm
The Hall of Statuary

Peace

p.s. Wouldn't it be very funny to refer to Natalie Portman as Natalie Portscan?