*This post has been updated. Since the time of the interview (July 2012), the artist has transitioned and now identifies as Grace Crowley (formerly Stephen).* The second guest profile on “Disrobing Suspense” is Grace Crowley, famous for the Loxie & Zoot and The Bare Pit webcomics series, featuring Loxie, Zoot, Willow, Tash, Mungo andContinue reading “Disrobing Suspense: Grace Crowley”
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Disrobing Suspense: Cor van de Sande
Do you like a good whodunnit, murder mystery, or spy thriller? There is a huge market for books and films like these, and obviously many people love them. But if you’re a writer who’s not littering your text with corpses or carefully planned clues and red herrings, how do you engage suspense–the tension that makesContinue reading “Disrobing Suspense: Cor van de Sande”
Repressed Impression
We were sixteen-year-olds, nestled under a blanket in the high-backed seat of a school bus plowing home late from another city. “Give me your hand,” she said, and her rounded eyebrows should have been enough for me to guess the shape of her intention. But I didn’t. So when she took my hand and pressedContinue reading “Repressed Impression”
The Threshold of Shame
The threshold of shame looms high and ominous in the imaginations of many. It towers far overhead, casting a long, dark shadow of ignominy. Parents, wishing children to “behave,” whisper that The Threshold of Shame rains down a thunderous cascade of scalding oil and shoots poisonous darts from its arch-like frame if you dare toContinue reading “The Threshold of Shame”
Exuberance!
Exuberance! It’s a perfect word for describing naturism. Do you know the bodily origin of this joyful word? “Exuberance” comes from the verb “exuberate,” which meant to abound, to overflow, to make fruitful or fertile. The Indo-European root, according to my good old American Heritage Dictionary, is eu@-dh-r, and the only modern word derived fromContinue reading “Exuberance!”
What Heaven Can Be
Distinguished members of the board, honored guests, ladies and gentlemen: There are NOT NEARLY ENOUGH nude images out there. And I don’t mean just on the Internet. I mean there aren’t enough non-sexual nude images out there in the greater world: in textbooks, in galleries, on TV, on Facebook, in general-interest magazines, on posters, atContinue reading “What Heaven Can Be”
The Way to Walk in the World
In the middle of the jungle lies a pristine lake disputed by nations, narcos, and one massive energy project. An industrialist above the law steals ancient testimonies long hidden by kings and popes. An inexperienced translator, hired to fail, uncovers truths so unsettling they redefine the rights of properties and persons. Oh yeah: And hundredsContinue reading “The Way to Walk in the World”
Cheek
Definitions of “cheek“: (1) the fleshy part of the face on either side of the mouth (2) a buttock (3) a frank, daring attitude (4) the way some people pronounce that French word for “cool” All of these definitions apply to one of naturism’s newest, cheekiest, and most dynamic web presences. Nurba: Urban Naturism andContinue reading “Cheek”
The Body Poetic
The body poetic is greater than the sum of its infinite parts. Have you felt? The body_poetic palpitates and alliterates abundantly and shines, when wet and lustrous, Continue reading “The Body Poetic”
The Body Politic
It’s an ancient and common allegory used by the apostle Paul among many others: the body politic. The various sectors or classes of a society are likened to the organs and systems of the human body. Just as we need all the body parts to function in harmony–from the heart and liver and fingers allContinue reading “The Body Politic”