QUOTES 11/23/2017

“Walk down a textile beach and note how many guys are checking out and ogling the women in skimpy bikinis, including yourself as you notice you are looking more at the bikini and what it is covering.  Now go to a nude beach and you don't see anywhere near as much ogling and note that while you do look you tend to focus on the person and their face.  In addition, you are more likely not talk to them.” – FullSun, https://www.truenudists.com/groups/view.php?action=viewthread&id=8684&idt=95010&vpage=1

“Happy 2016 Bodypainting Day From Amsterdam ... Andy Golub” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daBzvHeKF8U

“Naturism is the real and true freedom.” - https://benudetoday.wordpress.com/ (8/11/17)

“I was raised by a Jewish mother who taught me that showing skin was the worst thing on earth.  She also instilled in me that my body was definitely not beautiful or perfect. . . I even had to wear shoes in the house when visitors came, because my toes were ‘weird looking’ in her eyes.  At 25, my then boyfriend told me about a nude beach he was going to every weekend.  (Pirates Cove in Malibu).  He wanted me to go with him. . . I resisted at first, but then he finally talked me into it.  He promised we would leave if I couldn't handle it. . . We got onto the beach, I threw my stuff on the sand, looked around and went WOW!  It took me maybe 20 seconds to take my clothes off.  That whole summer was like the summer that I fell in love with myself and my body for the first time ever.” – Linda, Land O' Lakes, Florida, http://aanr.com/first-time-nudist-experience&page=75

“I love to sing nude.  I don't feel as constricted or anything.  I just love my life.” – Freedom2be, https://www.truenudists.com/forum/viewthread.php?id=6&page=9

“. . . most of us strain to avoid looking at our naked bodies. . . . ‘We’re kind of trained in our society to think about the ways we can improve upon ourselves . . . But the more we focus on our flaws, the more they’re magnified — and then we’re going to want to avoid looking at our bodies in general.’ . . our minds naturally tend to go to the societal standards of perfection.  And if you don’t look like a swimsuit model (because few people do), you feel as if you just don’t measure up physically. . . looking at yourself [in the mirror] and naming five things you’re grateful for about your body or five things you like about your body . . . ‘can be very transformational’ . . .” - Korin Miller, Yahoo Health, (Sari Shepphird, PhD, Psychologist and Body Image Expert), https://www.yahoo.com/health/the-1-thing-you-should-do-1332515371655222.html