... but I would put some emphasis on nature as well.

It is in our basest of beings that we are animals. We "should" act like savages. Men "should" dominate society, watch over the young and the community and have many mates. Women "should" nurture the young, hunt and gather and provide emotinal balance. That's how animals act, almost exclusively, in nature.

However, because we are free-thinking, we have decided that the laws of nature shouldn't apply to us. Humans, as a species, are aggresive, they expand their borders in direct conflict with their environment and landscape. Humans are generally inefficient and somewhat dumb, as animals go.

We believe we must have "things." We must own big homes, drive big cars, make lots of money and be successful, as seen by our peers. If you look only at nature, none of that should matter a bit to humans. We should be happy with food, shelter, sex, and sleep.

However, this is WAY off topic. My mere observation is that I don't believe my interest in BDSM or writing was necessarily based upon any particular psychological aspect. I believe it simply interested me and I wanted to pursue it. So, it was more of a conscious decision, rather than a psychological need.

Creativity doesn't come exclusively from the advent of new ideas, but also in building on the ideas which others have had before you. Trust me, in our society of bell-bottoms, tube tops, sandals and super-thin, unhealthy looking women, original ideas are few and far between.

However, it is the person or people that take others' ideas and do something truly unique with them that measures creativity and imagination, in my opinion. That's what I try to do, both in my writing and in BDSM.

Psychology is my strong suit. It was my major in college.