Intimacy is a creative experience. Intimacy is the opposite of isolation. Intimacy fosters growth and new life. Intimacy is interdependent it takes two. Intimacy does not have to do with control.
Intimacy requires curiosity about the other.
Intimacy does not condemn, reject, or abandon. Intimacy is spontaneous and will be unpredictable. Intimacy is not focused on changing the other person. Intimacy can only occur with a respect for differences. Finally, to be intimate is to allow yourself to be seen and willing to see what the other person is showing you.