Maybe only 3yrs. compulsory. I'd get tired of doing drawing after drawing if they were all nudes. I was good at portraits in charcoal and chalk in Jr. high, but my lack of depth perception was a hindrance in impressionist landscape painting. "It's flat! It's FLAT!" Mrs. Ferguson would yell. Oh, right naked bodies.
I resented being told to wear a shirt when I was 7, quit wearing underwear at 15, camped at a clothes-optional lake the summer I was 18, while working graveyard shift at a large corp....I don't care who sees me naked, but I'm not pleased with my waist or lack thereof right now, and don large t-shirts to keep the public from shuddering. The public would shudder if I had a star's figure and went naked. T's and sweats or bike shorts or jeans are also comfy and cheap. Add sweaters, coats; all set.
I'm in Tucson visiting Mom. Her sweet 60-something neighbor tends to wander about naked, and worried it would upset me. Mom assured him I wouldn't take it as any muchness. He's got blankets hung at strategic points in his fence so as not to upset others. I've not chanced across him (can't think of Latin phrase). It hasn't been "Go Naked" weather much. I haven't met his longtime girlfriend, but Mom says "She's much younger." Hey he's letting me pirate his internet service via his wireless modem. I did say he is sweet, didn't I? Except when he's cranky.
Nudity can shock even me, however. One day I was driving down Main St., and a woman was walking on Schubert toward Main with nothing on but a baseball cap and socks and sneakers. After not hitting the curb, my 1st thought was "Is she okay?" and the 2nd was "Where does she carry her keys?". I was on my way back to work, and there was nowhere safe to park, so went on. I have 2 witnesses to this event.
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I resented being told to wear a shirt when I was 7, quit wearing underwear at 15, camped at a clothes-optional lake the summer I was 18, while working graveyard shift at a large corp....I don't care who sees me naked, but I'm not pleased with my waist or lack thereof right now, and don large t-shirts to keep the public from shuddering. The public would shudder if I had a star's figure and went naked. T's and sweats or bike shorts or jeans are also comfy and cheap. Add sweaters, coats; all set.
I'm in Tucson visiting Mom. Her sweet 60-something neighbor tends to wander about naked, and worried it would upset me. Mom assured him I wouldn't take it as any muchness. He's got blankets hung at strategic points in his fence so as not to upset others. I've not chanced across him (can't think of Latin phrase). It hasn't been "Go Naked" weather much. I haven't met his longtime girlfriend, but Mom says "She's much younger." Hey he's letting me pirate his internet service via his wireless modem. I did say he is sweet, didn't I? Except when he's cranky.
Nudity can shock even me, however. One day I was driving down Main St., and a woman was walking on Schubert toward Main with nothing on but a baseball cap and socks and sneakers. After not hitting the curb, my 1st thought was "Is she okay?" and the 2nd was "Where does she carry her keys?". I was on my way back to work, and there was nowhere safe to park, so went on. I have 2 witnesses to this event.