Point Of View
Point of view? For naturism or nudism? How does this matter, you might ask? Well, for me there’s a big difference between points of view. I was struck by that again when I saw a tweet that pointed this out very clearly to me. Maybe, after reading this post, you’ll see my point.
The tweet
This is the text of the tweet and the image that came with it. You can find the original tweet here.
Well, you may ask, what’s wrong with this? Isn’t this what naturists and nudists stand for? To this I say yes and no. The answer depends on, you guessed it, the point of view.
Yes. Waking up naked is good. There are lots of studies all over the Internet that show how sleeping in the nude is healthy. It’s also most comfortable. The people who sleep naked know this. It’s a valiant attempt to convinced people who sleep all dressed up to try this.
No. And here we switch to another point of view.
The wording in this tweet depict nudity as something extraordinary. Wake up NAKED. Have coffee NUDE. Emphasis, emphasis. Be CLOTHESFREE for the rest of the day. More emphasis. This speaks as if the person creating the tweet also finds these things amazing and out of the ordinary. A mindset that leans towards textilism. (Is that actually a word; a person who thinks the way textiles think?)
My way of phrasing this would be:
- Wake up,
- have coffee,
- and remain #clothesfree for the rest of the day…
A changed point of view
Do you see the difference? My version, the one I’d love to live (especially the third one as that’s close to impossible), comes from the naked mind, the way of taking nude life as normal.
The first one, pointing out the naked awakening and the coffee in the nude, feels to me as if it originates from what I might call a ‘convert’, someone who is trying to live the nude life but still has his or her hooks and anchors in the dressed manner of being.
Challenging the mind
Of course, as you may have understood by now, this is a tournament of the mind. A way to think differently, to embrace the concept of nudity, naturism, the clothes-free life, or however you want to call it in another way.
I see your point.I noticed the original tweet comes from a twitter account that displays fun,sensual and erotic nude pics.The fact that they say tha, tells me this phrasing isn’t a big surprise.This is just firm proof that not all sites or twitter accounts that claim to be naturist are actual naturist sites or accounts.This tweet is a perfect example.
Correct. It shows they don’t possess a real naturist mind, if I may put it this way. It’s a matter of point of view…
I like the way you look at this Paul. We need to consider nudity normal, which it is for most naturists I would guess and not for non naturists. For naturists embracing the lifestyle daily, doing many things entirely naked is natural and normal. Now, if we want that more people see nudity as normal, natural and healthy, some emphasis is needed. Keep up the naturist spirit!
Thanks for your positive words, Marc!