There was a time when we knew what mattered...a time when all that we cared about was companionship and survival.  These days, there's certainly not among the general population or public's concern.  Every time you walk into a merchandising store within at least my country, the all wonderful United States(yeah, right), you are bombarded with getting a better body, being more sexy, buying the better clothes.  After all, that's the main thing that drives the textile industry - it's all about money. 
        Before we had all of this, though, we were still back in the place of what might be thought of as the realm of Adam & Eve...ah, yes, and then clothes were created to protect.  Is that what clothes are for now?  Well, not usually.  Usually, it's for style, it's for appeal, it's for loads of things that never fitted clothing's original purpose, but lost with its original purpose came the loss of something far greater than I think anyone will ever get to know.
        Naturism does more than merely separate the American cultural association of sex to nudity.  It does more than equalize the play field in who people are - so you have to get to know them before you can judge them.  It does more than allow many to feel free, relaxed, or unburdened.  Naturism is a pinnacle for giving a small dose into who we once were as human beings.  There used to be time when all we knew were our families, when the only people we chased after were our loved ones.  But this time could easily be over 25,000 years ago.  A lot can change in 25,000 years, or for that matter, even one year, right?
        I've always questioned everything I've ever been interested in, be it catharsis in music, the efficiency of PhotoReading, but the purposes, the somethings about nudity have always puzzled me.  In fine art, the nude form has always been something that has fascinated people and kept people drawing it for ages.  But why is the nude body so damn interesting?  I mean, what the hell is it?  To me, it's our natural affinity to use our capacity of intuition for studying a fellow human being.  To me, it's easier to develop a compassion for another's well being if you see them naked.  You might say vulnerability is the reason, we take compassion to things and beings that vulnerable...I don't think that's entirely it.   For as long as I've been interested in this, I've asked what is it?  Why is it so interesting?  What is it?!
        Could sex be at the subconscious root of all this?  I think I have an answer.  And the answer is that it does.  Yes, that's right.  Sex is at the subconscious root of all this.  But then again, sex is at the subconscious root of everything that we do relating to people, according to that guy Sigmund Freud.  And hey, if a cocaine addicted psychologist said something like that several years ago and never spent any time with social nudity - it MUST be true...right?
        Seriously, though.  When we say that sex is at the subconscious root of all this, many middle eastern philosophies, practices, and hell - even general ways of thinking outside of Freudian psychology are reinforcing this idea.  In many Chinese practices, one of the centers for energy is our sexual energy, and oddly enough - they say that any interaction with people is spawned by the energy in this energy center. 
         What this means is that sexuality is merely part of being a human being, and this we all definitely know.  But in American culture, sexuality can be vividly two sided.  It's either sexual, or it's not, never any in betweens or happy mediums.  The truth of the matter is, though, is that there is always some element of free flowing sexuality in everyone - we're human, and it exists.  It is always there.  There's no need for this kind of confusion that has taken place.  Sexuality exists as part of a whole human being.  You do not have, for instance, talents, intelligence, a job, a family, an athletic affinity, and only a single friend, but not have sexuality.  If you're human, sexuality exists.  Every picture on this Spotlight can be viewed as either sexual or non-sexual.  I once remarked about a photo I saw: I think there could be some kind of sexual overtone to it, very subtly.  A friend of mine said, "Of course, it's a picture of a human being, and that's part of being human."
        The bottom line is that if your concern is that it has to do with sex, the answer, following this train of thought, is yes.  But then again, with this philosophy, EVERYTHING has sex in it.  Why?  Because sex should not be separated from what we consider to be human characteristics, what's part of an individual's personality, a person's physical form, a person's age, a person's whole being.  Sexuality is misunderstood nearly all over the world today.
        Nudity is neither sexual or non-sexual.  It is neither, it's simply nudity.
        Every day, we put up our walls and shelter ourselves from other people.  Many individuals are becoming less socially involved in general.  We live in the age of computers, where online conversations are beginning to dominate.  Could our initial fear, nervousness, and over exaggerated negative perceptions of naturism within general society simply be the result of a life in hiding and closed mindedness?  Personally, I think it's possible.  And it's not going to be easy to get the world to wake up either.

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