My first encounter with pleasure was, curiously enough, tied to dominance. I think I was about thirteen or so – that age where you’re starting to explore your body, your identity, and all the undisclosed spaces in between. My abuela's old house in Guadalajara, Mexico was a cluttered mess with conspiracy magazines and what not. Buried deep under, I stumbled upon a stack of hot porn links – a sensational mix of passion, power, and ecstasy; they were my first insight into the rawness of desire.

The world of cyber erotica seems far off from a family home in Mexico, but it was through those spicy web pages that I began to understand some deep-rooted parts of me. Consumed in safe secrecy, bathed in the dim glow of my mama’s old PC, I discovered how domination could be stimulating. I found myself drawn to the dominant figures – the confidence, the power, the control. Throwing around words like "consent" and "boundaries," they wove a story of pleasure that was not just about getting off, but about an intricate dance of giving and receiving.

Two decades later, that exploration fuels my performance art. I dive headfirst into the world of pleasure and dominance, not to replicate those hot porn links, but to question, interpret, and expand upon them. I play with power dynamics, consensual exchanges, and the blurry lines between raw physical desire and emotional intimacy. I am not satisfied just with the role-playing of surface-level dominance. I press on, I demand more – I want to make you squirm in your seat, question your desires, confront your fantasies. Pleasure here is not just an indulgence, but a political act, a bold leap into vulnerability.

As a thirty-seven-year-old non-binary performance artist, my work is a passionate outcry against the world’s norms – a statement that pleasure is inherently diverse. Dominance for me is not about exerting control over someone else, but about unpacking the biases, stereotypes, and expectations that we're all too comfortable with. While I cherish those earlier experiences which forged my path, what matters to me now is to continue using my art as a mirror, holding it up to my audience, demanding them to ask-hard hitting questions about pleasure, dominance, and everything in between.