ALEXANDRA: Piercing the skin. The anticipation. The tension. The uncertainty of how it would feel. The sense of the approach. And then I felt it, like a needle penetrating me. How it pierced my skin. How it was lodged inside me. How the jewelry was inserted. The weight on my ear. The gravity. MARKUS: He found the ritualistic aspect of getting an ear piercing erotic. The ear as an erogenous zone, the pain, the act of nobility. The attempt to implement an idea found in a book. Playing with the jewelry. Allowing oneself something ceremonial. The feeling of metal against the skin. You could have sex every week. But not this.