"According to a fable, the kids Truth and Falsehood grew up as close friends. One day they went skinnydipping in the river. Falsehood climbed out of the water first and decided to dress in Truth's clothing. Falsehood then offered to swap hers for Truth's. But naked Truth chose to remain just as she was." - Anonymous fable

• Read my own fable about naturism: The Boat-ist

"Sexual modesty cannot then in any simple way be identified with the use of clothing, nor shamelessness with the absence of clothing and total or partial nakedness. There are circumstances in which nakedness is not immodest... Nakedness as such is not to be equated with physical shamelessness. Immodesty is present only when nakedness plays a negative role with regard to the value of the person... The human body is not in itself shameful, nor for the same reasons are sensual reactions, and human sensuality in general. Shamelessness (just like shame and modesty) is a function of the interior of a person." - Pope John Paul the second

"Beauty when most uncloth'd is clothed best." - Phineas Fletcher

"Why am I afraid to dance, I who love music and rhythm and grace and song and laughter? Why am I afraid to live, I who love life and the beauty of flesh and the living colors of earth and sky and sea? Why am I afraid of love, I who love love? Why am I afraid, I who am not afraid? Why must I pretend to scorn in order to pity? Why must I hide myself in self-contempt in order to understand? Why must I be so ashamed of my strength, so proud of my weakness? Why must I live in a cage like a criminal, defying and hating, I who love peace and friendship? Why was I born without a skin, O God, that I must wear armor in order to touch or to be touched?"
- from "Great God Brown" by Eugene O'Neill

Naturist Links

• The Naturist Society Home Page-- This is a great place to start. The organization that promotes naturism throughout the states, complete with an online store, magazine, membership, educational foundation and more. Join the Naturist Society and contribute to the Naturist Action Committee. It's a great cause and they give you wonderful information as well.

• rec.nude FAQ: Mazo Beach, WI - text information about Mazo. email me if you want more up-to-date info.
  
• Being and Nakedness -- a very interesting site with a lot of links.
• Welcome to CyberNude! - a very thorough job of including quite a few resources, detailed information and links.
• The Page of Nude Quotations - a delightful selection of quotes, some humorous, some serious.
• Australian Nudist Federation.
• The Naturism Home Page from New Zealand.
• Naturist Beaches in the French West Indies - another great site for travellers.
  
• rec.nude - a Usenet discussion group on Naturism. I don't go there very often because it's unmoderated, full of gawkers and people with too much of an agenda to push. Still, anything to get people talking openly is at least useful.
• Campus Nude - a listserv about naturism for the College/University crowd.