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unmowngrassIn the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth... God created human beings in his image and likeness, in the image of God he created them...God saw all that he had made, and it was very good...The [humans were both] naked, and they were not ashamed.
In my previous entry, I mentioned how comfortable clothing has exploded in popularity since the pandemic. Whilst true, there's also a segment of society that went the other way -- membership of the organisation British Naturism quadrupled in 2020 and has been growing steadily ever since, and yes I am now part of that number.
As you'd expect, it's been really liberating. More than stripping off clothes, I mean stripping off expectations and the weight of other people's judgements. Stripping off everything you are not, will then bring into much clearer focus all the things that you actually are, from your soul.
And then there's what I call "the other side of naturism" -- the reconnecting a bit more with the earth, with the seasons; becoming more 'as one' with it all. More like we were supposed to be. It's an inevitable consequence, I have found. This suits me, for at heart I am a wild child -- bare feet, dirt under my fingernails, hair tangled in the wind, yet not a care in the world. This sounds like paradise to me. I wish I'd had the kind of childhood where I was allowed to climb a tree. For many years, I have even used the monikerunmowngrass . Part of that same desire.
And yet.
It is also true that I have never cared more about clothing and fashion than I have since getting into naturism, either. After all, if I'm going to go to all the bother of getting dressed these days, why should I continue to do so into ugly clothes? I now wear a necklace nearly every day; I even wore one I don't much like when I went to the library, because I felt more 'put-together' that way. I've become a person who straightens my hair and wears quite heavy makeup when I'm going out-out; even, most of the time, I now wear lip gloss and mascara just for leaving the flat. I have never been a 'lip-gloss and mascara for leaving the flat' sort of person. Did you hear what I said above about being a wild child?? But actually, that's who I am now. I have started painting my (sometimes dirty) nails again.
The key word there, of course, being, again. Because as I am going back to nature, back to nakedness, back to oneness with the earth, I am also going back to the fashion and frivolity that I have, at different times, both enjoyed, and then thought I was too good for. It's better to let that attitude go, and I am enjoying it now more than ever. No more stopping myself because "it shouldn't be important". Fashion isn't a bad thing.
So I do enjoy getting dressed, getting dressed up, these days. On purpose, to look nice, for an occasion. But I think it's still true that nakedness is better. And I am yearning for the freedom to just dress or not according to mood and weather and nothing else. Not other people's expectations. Not getting dressed because I 'have' to. Clothing and nakedness are both ours to enjoy, and in wider society this should also be true. I am buying this fairy-princess-tutu skirt, and to be honest, I want to wear it by itself. Barefoot. Curly hair. With maybe a bit of lipgloss and mascara.
In my previous entry, I mentioned how comfortable clothing has exploded in popularity since the pandemic. Whilst true, there's also a segment of society that went the other way -- membership of the organisation British Naturism quadrupled in 2020 and has been growing steadily ever since, and yes I am now part of that number.
As you'd expect, it's been really liberating. More than stripping off clothes, I mean stripping off expectations and the weight of other people's judgements. Stripping off everything you are not, will then bring into much clearer focus all the things that you actually are, from your soul.
And then there's what I call "the other side of naturism" -- the reconnecting a bit more with the earth, with the seasons; becoming more 'as one' with it all. More like we were supposed to be. It's an inevitable consequence, I have found. This suits me, for at heart I am a wild child -- bare feet, dirt under my fingernails, hair tangled in the wind, yet not a care in the world. This sounds like paradise to me. I wish I'd had the kind of childhood where I was allowed to climb a tree. For many years, I have even used the moniker
unmowngrass . Part of that same desire.And yet.
It is also true that I have never cared more about clothing and fashion than I have since getting into naturism, either. After all, if I'm going to go to all the bother of getting dressed these days, why should I continue to do so into ugly clothes? I now wear a necklace nearly every day; I even wore one I don't much like when I went to the library, because I felt more 'put-together' that way. I've become a person who straightens my hair and wears quite heavy makeup when I'm going out-out; even, most of the time, I now wear lip gloss and mascara just for leaving the flat. I have never been a 'lip-gloss and mascara for leaving the flat' sort of person. Did you hear what I said above about being a wild child?? But actually, that's who I am now. I have started painting my (sometimes dirty) nails again.
The key word there, of course, being, again. Because as I am going back to nature, back to nakedness, back to oneness with the earth, I am also going back to the fashion and frivolity that I have, at different times, both enjoyed, and then thought I was too good for. It's better to let that attitude go, and I am enjoying it now more than ever. No more stopping myself because "it shouldn't be important". Fashion isn't a bad thing.
So I do enjoy getting dressed, getting dressed up, these days. On purpose, to look nice, for an occasion. But I think it's still true that nakedness is better. And I am yearning for the freedom to just dress or not according to mood and weather and nothing else. Not other people's expectations. Not getting dressed because I 'have' to. Clothing and nakedness are both ours to enjoy, and in wider society this should also be true. I am buying this fairy-princess-tutu skirt, and to be honest, I want to wear it by itself. Barefoot. Curly hair. With maybe a bit of lipgloss and mascara.
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Date: 2024-07-20 09:37 pm (UTC)*I'm not investing in clothes any more than I have to, whether emotionally or financially
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Date: 2024-07-16 12:15 am (UTC)I think as long as you're happy with how dressy (or not) you're tending to be these days, that's all that matters. And I think those feelings can go both ways-- either thinking you're too good to add a little mascara and lip gloss, or feeling as if you don't deserve to look fancier than whatever your no-effort appearance is. I'm glad you've found that wonderful middle space between those two extremes!
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Date: 2024-07-20 09:39 pm (UTC)And an excellent point about feelings about makeup going both ways, I have definitely done both of those.
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Date: 2024-07-20 09:47 pm (UTC)There is a very popular naturist event called Party In The Stark next weekend. I'm not going this year, but maybe next, and I figured that's the only place I could wear only the skirt. But then again, whilst I expect there will be cool bow-ties, fancy hats, glow bracelets and maybe even sparkly nipple piercings, a full on long tutu might be slightly overdressed?
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Date: 2024-07-21 03:57 am (UTC)I’ve never been to that sort of event, so I’m not sure what to tell you, but it does seem like a very fancy skirt!
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Date: 2024-07-17 12:54 am (UTC)But true feminism means you can be both right? Tough at times, girly at others, right?
Good for you. I'm not sure I could be brave enough to live that way, but I do imagine it as...liberating. Everyone being so authentic. No where to hide. Truly yourselves.
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