Nekkid

There is something about doing away with clothing that has always appealed. Swimming sans garments is a joy as is being able to wander about without a stitch. Conventions and whatever hangups have been dutifully passed down from prior generations dictates that such events occur in privacy. But I keep thinking about apes and orangutangs, the pre-hominids, waking up in the morning and Mother ape saying, now don't you go swinging out there unless you've got clean underwear on. You might be run over by an elephant. Somewhere between there and now, we acquired a bunch of weird mindsets about bodies and their covering. One imagines the titillation industries would be broke if this mighty habituation of the human species were done away with tomorrow. The nude bomb has much to offer I suspect. There is always the view that clothing is also a device to help keep Australia beautiful. More media speak. I think clothing ought to return to its purpose: decoration, comfort, and protection (not from prying eyes but from the stuff that can damage skin or cause the body harm).