QUOTES 10/11/2017

“While most days you’d get arrested if you walked fully nude down the sidewalk at 47th Street and Second Avenue in New York City — topless is fine, for all genders; bottomless is not, for any — there is an exception.  Bodypainting Day. . . We’re all just human beings; we all have bodies.  There is nothing shameful about them.  A chin, an elbow, a breast, a penis.  No one is harmed by seeing these things, with or without paint affixed.  But if paint gives us an excuse to be naked one day a year — and yields such beautiful artistic results to boot — we’re beyond delighted to embrace it.” (Many Photos) - https://toplesspulp.com/2016/07/10/bodypainting-day-2016/

“Skinnydip January 2015” (video) - https://vimeo.com/115754048

“No one can keep me from living my life in a way that makes me happy.  I'm a naturist and proud of it.” - https://twitter.com/ohionaturist/status/776436152127610880

“It was a road trip [to Iceland] I took with my best friend . . . We swam in heavenly hot springs in the oldest pool in Iceland, ran around naked on black sand beaches, chased a never-ending July sunset, started 6 hour hikes at midnight and shot a lot of photos in a pair of American flag pants. . . A lot of people don’t even know that I’m a photographer – they think I’m some model chick who takes off her clothes and runs around the globe naked. . . If you’re in the nude, it’s timeless.  If you’re not and you’re wearing certain clothes, you’re automatically classified as a certain social status.  It automatically identifies you. . . I wanted it to be a little bit identity-less because I wanted it to be about something supernatural. . .  I think I must have had a bit of a transformation.  It’s a lot to reveal yourself in the nude.” – Magdalena Wosinka, https://www.redbulletin.com/za/en/lifestyle/33-minutes-with-natures-naked-muse?platform=hootsuite

“I really got into this nude hiking thing.  But now I feel it was not a good hike unless I did it clothes free.  So now I don't want to go to populated hiking places that require clothes anymore.  It is not as fulfilling of an experience.” – Freeoutdoors, https://www.truenudists.com/group/nude-hikers/1/123048/

“In short, most of the health benefits are related to the stress-reducing characteristics of being naked (at least once one is used to it).  Stress has a number of different harmful effects on the body, so the mitigation of these from nudity is a good thing.  Being naked certainly isn’t the only way to accomplish stress reduction, but it is an effective way.  This is typical of a number of benefits of nudity: the benefit is real, but there are other ways to realize the same benefit.” -  https://naturistphilosopher.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/is-there-a-human-need-for-being-naked/