QUOTES 8/4/2018

“. . . some nudists, like myself, are frustrated by laws that forbid us to be naked when and where we want, not because we are exhibitionists, just because nudity is a normal and natural state for us.” – MarcNude, http://www.naktiv.net/blog/789/the-3-states-of-nudity-on-becoming-a-nudist/

“Andy Golub 2015 Body painting day @ Dag Hammarskjold Plaza” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k666A1tlk-o

“Surrounded by five women over the age of 50, we gossiped about everything from families to nudity, sex-life and death.  These women were from different backgrounds, ethnicities and states, but they all had one story in common – revival.  Each woman had done the whole Stepford wife routine, gone through raising kids and maybe a marriage or two.  But all of the women had ended up here, alone, gossiping naked with a beer in hand.  And they had never been happier in their entire lives. . . [I thought] Getting older was simply a slow death march into the grave – leaving pieces of your healthy self behind as you aged.  A good knee here, a working vagina there.  And then I met these ladies.  The nudist lifestyle, they explained, had helped them rediscover their confidence.  It showed them that counting the number of lines on their face or the amount of rolls on their stomach did not equal a happy and fulfilling sex life.  Life experience did.” – Sara Bensinger, http://www.xojane.com/fun/6-things-i-learned-while-being-naked-for-2-weeks

“I visited a public bathhouse . . . When I walked into the locker room to see a bunch of random women just walking around with everything hanging out, for no other purpose than to feel comfortable and free and get their pores opened up and exfoliated, I was inspired.  I felt my script around nudity and body acceptance being rewritten.” – Sarah Biverson, http://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/11/how-3-experiences-helped-me-stop-my-body-shaming-start-loving-my-naked-self/

“Picture everyone in Mayberry nude.” - atsonste, https://www.reddit.com/r/nudism/comments/5l6cua/nudist_memoir/

“I grew up in a traditional family in the Midwest.  My mom always ran around the house naked and I didn’t think anything about it; my father was also occasionally naked, walking from room to room.  I became more embarrassed about my body when I got into my teen years and by the time I was in college I was wearing ridiculously baggy clothes to cover my body.  When Mike introduced me to naturism 18 years ago it opened me to a metamorphosis that can be likened to a chrysalis maturing into a beautiful butterfly.  I have now fully spread my wings to fly.” – Tracy, http://asanaexposed.com/2015/12/26/mike-tracy-naked-yoga-interview/