The nudist perspective
I wanted to kick out some ideas I had on my perspective as a nudist. First one I thought of is:
When I view pics of people that are naked (not porn) or seeing people nude in real life. When I see that, to me it is totally and perfectly normal and beautiful. I'm pretty sure many non-nudists would see that and think it is abnormal or dirty etc. I am proud of my perspective in this area.
Thoughts?
Jeff
That's a healthy perspective. When people are not accustomed to see nude people it seems strange to them when they do, it either goes the way of porn in their minds, or it goes the way of ugly if they aren't perfectly formed as model status. And sometimes it goes the way of porn and the person gets angry because they don't want it to, but the anger gets taken out on the nudity (trying to suppress it) rather than their own perception of it. But it shouldn't be that way. It's like a messenger bringing bad news and we get angry at the messenger as if he was at fault. We should recognize the issues and defeat them, be honest that we aren't generally perfect in comeliness, that deformity injuries and age happens. But that should not affect the way we see us and others. We oughta be seeing nude bodies with no more attention than we do clothed bodies. How much do we pay attention to people clothed normally? We should pay the same attention to everyone the same way if they were all nude.
Being around nudity normalises the naked body
Thats actually a pretty good summary of my statement, for me. The overall thread is more geared toward how we nudists have different perceptions about certain things, but the first example I gave is well summed up by your statement (seeing as how you have a much better flair for words than I do)
Thanks
Jeff
Thanks Andy, love your writing as usual. Everything you said I'm in total agreement with - porn is OK but doesn't really do anything for me these days. I hear you on the "throw my back out" statement... LOL
In my head I know what I want to say but when I type here it sometimes comes out confusing. Just a tad bit of clarification on my original statement:
When I see pics of nudists I see something that to me looks absolutely and totally normal. Something I (of course) would love to participate in. That is my nudist perspective kicking in. On the other hand I know for a fact that most non-nudists would see the same picture and think of it as abnormal or dirty or porn and definitely not see what I see.
Does that phrase it any better?
Jeff (still trying to learn how to take brain thoughts and put it into words)
When I see pics of nudists I see something that to me looks absolutely and totally normal. Something I (of course) would love to participate in. That is my nudist perspective kicking in. On the other hand I know for a fact that most non-nudists would see the same picture and think of it as abnormal or dirty or porn and definitely not see what I see. Does that phrase it any better?
As a nudist youre conditioned to see naked bodies as normal, and they are. Non-nudists are more accustomed to seeing naked bodies to titillate (such as the almost naked bodies of Victorias Secret or Abercrombie & Fitch) or to sell sex in pornography. Its unconventional at least in the US for nudity to be presented outside of a sexual context.
Humans are humans and the rest is packaging. Nudists understand and appreciate that. I personally can be a nudist with my clothes on; its a matter of presenting with authenticity and integrity and accepting a degree of vulnerability. Common sense is important: expressing an opinion or taking a naked hike in January arent always a good idea. Nudism is a matter of being open and affirming that we are already complete, whole and beautiful just because we are, and its enough.
When I see pics of nudists I see something that to me looks absolutely and totally normal. Something I (of course) would love to participate in. That is my nudist perspective kicking in. On the other hand I know for a fact that most non-nudists would see the same picture and think of it as abnormal or dirty or porn and definitely not see what I see. Does that phrase it any better?As a nudist youre conditioned to see naked bodies as normal, and they are. Non-nudists are more accustomed to seeing naked bodies to titillate (such as the almost naked bodies of Victorias Secret or Abercrombie & Fitch) or to sell sex in pornography. Its unconventional at least in the US for nudity to be presented outside of a sexual context.Humans are humans and the rest is packaging. Nudists understand and appreciate that. I personally can be a nudist with my clothes on; its a matter of presenting with authenticity and integrity and accepting a degree of vulnerability. Common sense is important: expressing an opinion or taking a naked hike in January arent always a good idea. Nudism is a matter of being open and affirming that we are already complete, whole and beautiful just because we are, and its enough.
Wow this is so well written and also expresses my feelings. Thanks so much for contributing.
Jeff
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