Tuesday, February 15, 2011

To be naked. 


I would love to be naked everywhere I go. 
I would like you to be naked to.
No clothes.
No barriers. 
No secrets.


We could be comfortable in that.


I was walking today, contemplating how strange as "Homo sapiens" we are above the animal kingdom. We wear clothes. Does any other creature participate in such a ridiculous notion? Not that I know of. And yet that has been our key to survival, I would assume, from the very beginning of our history. Why do we wear clothes?


To stay warm.
For protection.
To express our sense of self.


Clothing is commonly given as a gift. I rarely wear any of the clothes that are given to me by others. Often, they are all wrong for me. They aren't something I would ever wear myself. And yet, I claim to not care how I look. I throw on whatever comes to mind or hand first, and then deal with the consequences. 

2 comments:

  1. Clothing is a fascinating anthropological interest of mine. When we stood on two feet and lost our fur for warmth, I wonder what the significance of that was?

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  2. hermit crabs wear borrowed shells... clothing of sorts

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