{"id":4031,"date":"2013-02-27T11:29:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T18:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=4031"},"modified":"2013-02-27T11:30:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T18:30:31","slug":"sip-in-the-nectar-from-between-the-lips-of-your-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/27\/sip-in-the-nectar-from-between-the-lips-of-your-love\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Sip in the nectar from between the lips of your love&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2013\/02\/14\/the-art-of-kissing-hugh-morris\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>from Brain Pickings<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>The Art of Kissing: A 1936 Guide for Lovers<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Art-Kissing-Hugh-Morris\/dp\/B002RGPUP0\/?tag=braipick-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;margin-left: 10px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/artofkissing.jpg\" width=\"180\" \/><\/a><strong>by\u00a0<a title=\"Posts by Maria Popova\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/author\/mpopova\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"author\">Maria Popova<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLike a bee that settles on the fragrant pistils of a flower, and sips in the nectar for honey, so should you sip in the nectar from between the lips of your love.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Between Edison\u2019s scandalous footage of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2012\/01\/20\/edison-the-kiss-1896\/\" target=\"_blank\">the first kiss in cinema<\/a>\u00a0in 1896 and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2012\/07\/17\/plymptoons-how-to-kiss-how-to-make-love\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Plympton\u2019s quirky animated guide to kissing<\/a>\u00a0a century later, the public image of lip-locking underwent some radical transformations.<\/p>\n<p>In 1936, the year my grandmother was born, a man named\u00a0<strong>Hugh Morris<\/strong>\u00a0penned a small illustrated pamphlet titled\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Art-Kissing-Hugh-Morris\/dp\/B002RGPUP0\/?tag=braipick-20\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>The Art of Kissing<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/art-of-kissing\/oclc\/3002478&amp;referer=brief_results\" target=\"_blank\"><em>public library<\/em><\/a>), in which he guided young lovers through the techniques, tricks, and \u201capproved methods of kissing,\u201d including such varieties as \u201cthe spiritual kiss,\u201d \u201cthe nip kiss,\u201d \u201cthe pain kiss,\u201d \u201cthe surprise kiss,\u201d \u201cthe eyelash kiss,\u201d and \u201cthe French soul kiss,\u201d as well as tips on how to prepare for a kiss and how to approach a girl.<\/p>\n<p>Delightfully dated in its assumptions about love, heterosexuality, and marriage, it\u2019s as much a charming time-capsule of a bygone era as it is a sure source of a good chuckle.<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2013\/02\/14\/the-art-of-kissing-hugh-morris\/\" target=\"_blank\">click to continue reading at BrainPickings.org<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Brain Pickings The Art of Kissing: A 1936 Guide for Lovers by\u00a0Maria Popova \u201cLike a bee that settles on the fragrant pistils of a flower, and sips in the nectar for honey, so should you sip in the nectar from between the lips of your love.\u201d Between Edison\u2019s scandalous footage of\u00a0the first kiss in 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