QUOTES 12/29/2019

“I have touched over 550 naked (or nearly naked) people in the last year because of my job.  One thing that my job as a massage therapist has taught me is that: our bodies are all beautiful because they sustain our life, and house our souls.” – B, https://projectnaked.org/2016/09/22/sarah-hester-naked-in-the-woods/

“Exercising naked with a buck deer in velvet” Video - https://vimeo.com/287504075

“With drones and surveillance cameras everywhere, we will soon have no more ’empty’ spaces, and every movement and moment will be observed and recorded somewhere, somehow.  Urban nudism truly is the future, if there is one, because soon there will be no true wilderness left.  If naturism is to flourish and grow, then ‘innocent’ had better not mean ‘lacking knowledge or understanding’, because then a word best used to describe naturism would be ‘extinct’.” - http://artdayonline.org/dailyart_201601/

[At the Bristol WNBR] “My biggest fear was how other people might feel about it . . . My concerns proved to be groundless.  The worst reaction was a blank stare, but the overwhelming majority cheered, laughed and interacted with the protesters enthusiastically.  It made me realize that nobody is bothered by nakedness . . . but become concerned when motives are unclear.” - RalphW, http://www.naturist-corner.net/community/index.php?topic=22186.0;topicseen

“Yes, in our modern world there are issues with nudity.  However, the issues are not based on rational, psychological, or spiritual foundations. . . Somehow, as a society, it is much better to be traumatized by bare skin, to be ashamed of the body we are born with, of not meeting up with the media created notion of what a human body, suitably clothed in designer outfits, should look like.  No one questions the absurdity of being held hostage by industry that needs us to be clothed in order to reap profits.  Somehow we are being convinced that our bodies are unacceptable.  And as a result, we become depressed, angry, sad, and even fearful of a world that really doesn’t like people.” – Skyclad, http://rglongpre.ca/naturistlens/2017/01/30/aching-to-be-authentic/

“SA is home to Australia’s oldest and most popular bare beach event, now called the Pilwarren Maslin Beach Nude Games.  In January each year, hundreds of people come from far and wide to drop their duds . . . for events such as balloon carrying, baton, frisbee and the three-legged race. . . How astonishing that an event such as this that allows adults and kids to get their gear off and parade around in public is even allowed to take place these days. . . The Nude Games has had no doping scandals, no late-night high jinks from athletes, no diva tantrums and no failed drug tests.  It’s just good clean nude family fun.” – Susie O’Brian, http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-lifestyle/bottoms-up-lets-toast-going-bare-if-you-dare/news-story/d23b6f16d63bd374d40cd47a0d658f9e