QUOTES 12/11/2016

“BODYPAINTING DAY 2016” (German Video) - https://vimeo.com/175882290

“. . . the naturist community in France is alive and thriving. . . the French people have fewer hang-ups about casual encounters with naked people, while French families seem to be the most likely (along with the Germans and the Dutch) to go on a family ‘nakation.’ . . France continues to grab the brass ring when it comes to going on holiday with nothin’ but the radio on! . . . All hail to nakedness in France, and those who celebrate the right to bare all amidst vineyards, sunflowers, and historic chateau.” - https://meanderingnaturist.wordpress.com/2015/07/

“I was struck by the sameness of all the different bodies . . . All kinds of shapes and sizes were present.  We were old and young; we were mahogany and golden, pale and bronze and freckled.  Some of us were sleek and lean and ‘unblemished’ by pregnancy and childbirth and years of breastfeeding.  Others held decades’ worth of stories in their wrinkles and creases and folds.  But, the most interesting effect of this collection of difference was . . . its overwhelming sameness.  I had to look closely to even notice who was fit and who was ‘fluffy’ because that kind of detail, or maybe categorization, became little more than background noise.” – Deanna Bergdorf, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/100-women-just-got-naked-together-at-the-republican-national-convention_us_578cc902e4b0867123e1bf86

“Be proud of being a naturist.  Let the world see what naturism is all about.  Lead by example.  Live life naked.” – Rupa, https://twitter.com/Rupa2106/status/748190041818595329

“I don’t find myself drawn to participate in the hyper social activity of bike rides. . . I am more apt to walk in the countryside down faint trails, far from the maddening crowd. . . It is only once distant from habitation and active agriculture, usually when gravel roads turn into dirt roads that I often have the freedom to go as natural as the day I was born. . . there is so much open space available to me thus allowing me to enjoy my community without conflict when I return from my hiking au naturel. . . maybe I’m a dirt road naturist.” – Skyclad, http://rglongpre.ca/naturistlens/2016/06/11/dirt-road-naturism-an-issue-of-public-safety/