The History & Myths of Japanese Bondage
I came across an article from Midori. Her article resonated extremely with me, for one that it puts Japanese bondage (kinbaku, shibari) in a realistic context. It's an approach that I support and follow.
Kinbaku community Discord server
In an effort to find a safe place to share everything kinbaku without censoring I have started a kinbaku community on Discord. Discord is the [...]
RopeMarks’ 20 year anniversary
A few months ago when I knew this day was getting closer I came up with big plans, Big, BIG plans! But I live [...]
I just set my rope on fire…
Here is something new: I just set my rope on fire... No, I was not using a lighter or any other fire starter. I was [...]
Kaidan Chibusa Enoki – The Ghostly Tale of the Wet Nurse Tree, by Ito Seiu
Every August, as Japanese spirits return en masse from the otherworld, Tokyo's Zenshoan temple (map) exhibits a spine-chilling collection of 19th-century ghost scroll paintings This [...]
Sun light – mobile first, responsive, micro services
Alright… Sunlight… Sort of, since it’s around midnight in my beloved Amsterdam. The last two months I’ve been hiding in my man cave… Not a [...]
Wiltdties and Red Sabbath @ Manita’s party
Some time ago already (2013!) Wildties and Red Sabbath visited the Netherlands, an opportunity we could not let pass by: We spend some time together [...]
The backlog game
Christmas time... that is usually that time of the year... *uhm*, that we here at RopeMarks HQ get a changes to get rid of [...]
In hindsight
For RopeMarks 2015 has been a year where we have taken things slower. If we look back and you see what we ended up doing it doesn’t feel like that at all, but we really did slow down a bit! To me that only goes to show for we have been doing way too much in the years before 2015. The last 4, perhaps 5, years have been a continues rollercoaster of activities
