From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Tue Mar 18 2003 - 22:31:07 MST
Amara Graps wrote:
>
> It's a common idea for people not familiar with the naturist ideas
> to think that it is about how one looks without clothes. That's
> a mistake, though. It's about being comfortable inside one's body.
Ja, but Amara, honestly I find connecting with humans
quite difficult enough without the additional complication
of nudity. Such a complicated operating system we have!
I try to imagine myself nude on the beach trying to
strike up a conversation with another bare person. I
would find that just damn near impossible.
I guess it goes back to an old topic that we hashed
over about 3 yrs ago: we have certain social
programming that is nearly impossible to turn off,
even with a strong will to do so.
Note that I am not in the least objecting to naturists.
Im currently reading one of my favorite authors, TC Boyle,
whose new book Drop City is about naturists, sort of.
TC Boyle fans, this is a good one, actually about a
hippie commune from the 60s. It isn't a parody, doesn't
make fun of hippies, but it is delightfully dark comedy.
After reading this list, Kerouac, Broderick, Boyle et.al.,
I have begun to realize that something very important happened
in the west in the 60s. I do not understand what it
was exactly, but it was important. I see something like
the 60s happening in the middle east in the next ten years.
I *hope* thats the way it turns out.
> Consider this: if one can't accept their human body (accepting
> 'what is' comes before choosing to make changes), do you think
> that they can accept their transhuman body? The answer is No.
>
> Amara
Do I get to design it? {8-] spike
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