Mr. Song, last night we had a wide-ranging cultural conversation that included the observation that in Korea, cuteness was the most highly valued trait in women and girls. As we talked I mentioned that I prefer dangerous women and mentioned my two muses and another woman that I know and have photographed frequently. Beautiful is an adjective that must always apply in any case. Robin here is an example of a beautiful, dangerous woman. She was my muse for a period several years ago. She was ill-tempered, drank too much, kept bringing me beautiful girls in clubs who mostly wanted to go home with her, though it followed that they would also have to go home with me for that to happen. She missed paying photoshoots because she didn't want to get out of bed and sometimes used chemicals that made her even more intense. On a long road trip one time she and Masha (see below) kept kissing and playing with each other in the front seat simply to annoy me. It worked of course.

The two other examples I used of the dangerous women I adore are somewhere below. They are Masha, the Russian girl who sometimes drew blood and often needed spanking, and BonBon who has a whole lot of history for one so young and innocent-looking.

(Only three laps of the lake today because of the early schedule.)

Robin, photographed in my studio four or five years ago, when she was my muse. We didn't part on good terms.