I love being naked and free!
I only started posting nude photos of myself online last year when I was 49 (in 2023). However, for a very long time at least since my teens, I've always wanted to let people see my naked body and to go outside naked and be free of my clothes. I never acted on those desires before because I always felt shame for feeling that way, yet it always seemed oppressive and foolish to me that it was against the law to be naked in public, and it still does to this day.
In 2019 I went to a gay men's clothing optional campground for the first time in my life and I just loved it! I never felt so free in all my life. Being naked in front of like-minded others, complete strangers, was so liberating! Everyone was so kind and accepting of me and of each other, it was quite a wonderful and positive life-changing experience. Since then I've been back to that campground several times and try to go each year.
These camping trips have made me realize how much happier I am when I'm naked. Now and then while I'm at home I like to take off all my clothes and spend the day completely naked. It's very calming and helps me let go of any stress that I'm feeling, which instantly improves my mood if I'm having a blue day.
I feel like being openly naked has taught me how to love myself more honestly just as I am. Being in touch with my body in this way totally revitalizes me.
Being naked is the real me, and I want the real me to be seen.
Being naked is not indecent
For me, being naked is quite the opposite of being indecent. It's the purest form of someone, their most honest self... and their most beautiful self.
You're not hiding who you are when you're naked. Being naked is very open and welcoming. It's sweet and gentle and caring and loving. At times it can also be erotic and sensual. By exposing myself in this way, I'm sharing my body and making myself more vulnerable. I'm showing everyone the real me, my true self. I don't want to hide my true self anymore.
Sometimes late at night I like to go out to my car and take off all of my clothes, then I go for a nice relaxing naked drive out in the country. I find it very relaxing, especially after it has rained and the air is nice and cool. It's a great way to rejuvenate and reconnect with myself, it's like pressing a reset button. It lifts my spirits when I'm feeling down or stressed out. I like the feeling of being barefoot in the car and wrapping my toes around the foot pedal. Before I leave, I like to put all of my clothes on the floor in the back seat where they will be out of reach so that I don't have anything to cover myself up with during the drive. This way it makes me feel that I really don't have any clothes with me and I am truly naked and free!
One of these days when I get up the nerve to try it, I want to go out to the car already naked and actually leave all of my clothes at home. No shoes or anything, just me in the car naked! That would be awesome!
It's so sad that our society has such a negative outlook towards being naked. There's nothing shameful, or indecent, or sinful about the human body, it's our true nature. But in our culture we shame our true nature and pretend we're not human beings at all, that our clothes are who we are, which is very sad. The clothing we choose to wear is a genuine form of expression, they let us tell others something about our personality, but like any costume they are simply theatrical. Yet we fool ourselves, hiding our body away under our clothes to disconnect from it and who we truly are, conveniently ignoring when we're getting fat and out of shape by keeping our body hidden out of view. I don't want to do that anymore. I'm tired of being shamed into hiding my body.
I'm not anti-clothing
It's fun to wear cool stuff like a sexy swimsuit or a leather jacket and cool boots, etc., but I do enjoy being naked a lot more than wearing clothes. The clothes I like wearing tend to be on the skimpy side, such as the above leather outfit or my swimsuit thong which leaves my butt cheeks exposed. I also typically wear men's 70's style short shorts which allows my legs to be exposed from the hip down. It makes me feel so much happier when I'm connected to my body and my humanity so the less clothing the better.
Posting naked selfies online
I can't be naked outdoors anywhere in the city because our culture has foolishly made that illegal and I don't want to get arrested, therefore posting nude selfie photos online is my way of freeing myself from that oppression and giving myself permission to be openly naked. It's a way of expressing myself and going against society’s prudish standards. It's a form of self love and a way to cast off the shame that our culture wrongly teaches us to have about our bodies.
I'm not going to post my naked pics anonymously or crop out my face, it's my naked body and I want people to know that when they see it. By posting my naked selfies online and discussing the positive benefits of being openly naked, I feel like I'm at least contributing in a constructive way to changing society’s negative outlook about our own bodies for the better.
Being my true genuine self
I know that in all likelihood most of the people who see this blog will be cruel and judge me negatively, thinking that I am pathetic for being so openly naked. I can't stop that from happening, all I can do is to bravely be my true genuine self. How others respond is on them, not on me. If someone thinks or says negative things about me, that has to do with their own character, not mine.
I'm not going to listen to those who say that I should feel embarrassed or ashamed about my body, so I have decided to totally reject society’s norms and just do my own thing. I don't feel good hiding my body away like I'm some kind of grotesque creature. It makes me feel bad keeping my body covered up out of shame. I'm not a narcissist, but I'm not ugly either. I'm an average looking guy, people often tell me that I look young for my age. I'm not super fit, not even close, I'm just me and I like my body the way it is.
All bodies are beautiful no matter what age or shape or size or gender, because we're all one of a kind. We're all unique. There may be 8 billion people on earth, but there's only one of YOU! There is only one of each of us in all the universe! People should have the freedom to be naked outdoors and share their one of a kind beauty with each other more openly. The human body should be celebrated and adored rather than shamed and covered up. I love being naked and free, it makes me feel happy to be alive!
-Mikey
Scroll down to see a list of six reasons why I post my naked selfies online!!!
- Allows me to to be seen for the real me, my true self
- Allows me to express that I have learned to love and accept myself just the way I am
- It boosts my confidence in myself and my self-esteem to be openly naked
- Allows me to rebel against society's excessive body negativity and prudishness
- Allows me to free myself from my oppressive puritanical Catholic upbringing
- Allows me to fight back against the traditional shaming and oppression of nudity and the human body in our culture
- Allows me to advocate for a healthier outlook about the human body
- Allows me to advocate for a legal clothing optional space to be created in my city
- Allows me to advocate for provincial law to be changed so that being openly naked in public will no longer be illegal
- To be seen for real as the real me
- To share my own male beauty with those who might wish to see it rather than keeping it hidden away out of shame
- With certain images, such as a "dick pic", it can be sexually erotic to know that people are seeing my naked body / it allows me to share my naked body with others
- With certain images, it allows me to look and feel sexy
- With certain images, it allows me to explore my sexuality / it allows me to enjoy harmless erotic, kinky fun
- With certain images, the feedback I receive confirms for me that I am sexually attractive and desired
- Posting naked selfies in a chat group that wants people to share such images leads to meeting others online who do the same thing and have the same outlook, therefore expanding my social network
- Connecting with likeminded online groups allows me to learn about real life events that I can attend, such as the World Naked Bike Ride in Toronto
- Leads to future opportunities that I may not have considered otherwise, such as becoming a nude model for a life drawing group, or volunteering at a naturist resort, or participating in next years World Naked Bike Ride
- I do it because I want to / my own personal journey
- I do it because I can / to be naked and free
- I do it because it's fun / in person or online I enjoy being naked
Text and Photos copyright Mikey Artelle
