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The glint of sun through the clouded horizon. The rhythmic hum of the ebbing tide. The lingering touch of a fellow traveler's hand against your bare shoulder. It is in these moments that we see the beauty of nature unfold before us, that we taste of the glories which our universe has provided.
POINT: Naked Parties Open Our Minds to an Edenic World Free of Social Constraints!
By Stacy Hocks
Perhaps communal nudity is the closest we will ever come to experiencing the fullness of our potential to exists as peaceful animals, to exist as equals, and so to commune simultaneously with nature and with each other. When another human passing by you trips on his own feet, then grips your body to balance himself again, he doesn't have to apologize. He just looks at your whole body with appreciation, then nods while smiling knowingly. Without speaking he is saying: you and I are in this together, for we are both tiny specs of the universe filled only with compassion for our fellow beings.
In our daily lives we wear clothing to separate ourselves from each other and from our fellow animals. But what have we done to think ourselves superior to the beaver, the bee, the elephant? Sure, we may have works of literature. But isn't a dam "The Odyssey" as writ by a beaver? Isn't a beehive "The Inferno" as writ by a bee colony? Isn't a dung pile "Ulysses" as writ by an elephant?
This communion with nature unswervingly leads to freedom - freedom from the soulless distinctions that bind us daily. Freedom we earn by stripping ourselves of our daily shackles, freedom that need not even be voiced. For when a young man walks over to you haltingly and hugs you close to his body, he is saying: Let us take a moment, now that we have it, to acknowledge our glorious freedom together!
COUNTERPOINT: Dude, Stacy Hocks is Here and She's Naked!
By Matt Franklin
Yeah, you've got to get here pronto. I can literally see twelve boobs from where I'm standing. That's five more than girls have shown me in my whole life!
