{"id":1511,"date":"2021-06-17T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2025-11-15T14:36:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T20:36:01","slug":"i-have-a-thing-for-nude-statuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/i-have-a-thing-for-nude-statuary\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have A Thing For Nude Statuary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fountain of Neptune in Bologna, Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I have to admit that when I travel, I take a lot of photos of statues. A few of my most favourite statues that I got up close and personal with and took photos were Neptune in Bologna, Italy and The Thinker in Paris, France. There has yet to be a country and\/or city that I have visited that hasn\u2019t had a number of statues to be admired. I am sure you have likely noticed the same thing, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may have also noticed that so many of those statues had nude subjects \u2013 gods and goddesses seem to be the number one choice. However, more and more modern statues with nude subjects are about ordinary people though not any particular person. In my yard, I have two Buddhas \u2013 not nudes though both have little in the way of clothing as they meditate in the garden. I would like to put in a few classical nude statues, but in truth there is little room in my small yard.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Garden statue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Other statues usually depict a man who is important in historical terms. You can\u2019t rewrite history, but what we put up as statues tells others more about us and our beliefs and value system than it does about history. An example: a statue of Hitler or any other historical person who is more infamous than famous. By putting up such a statue, we give honour to that personage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By taking it down, we aren\u2019t cancelling history or culture, we are choosing not to celebrate it. If one is creating a walk that has every president of the USA in bronze, then it is important to include all of the past presidents. But that aside, there isn\u2019t any person past or present that I want in my garden. I am all about ideas such as children or an old man and woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, it would be kind of neat to have oneself as a statue. The real problem would be to choose which version of oneself that one would have carved in stone or cast in bronze. For myself, I\u2019d rather not deal with that thought at all. I\u2019d rather play it safe and have a statue that has a message rather than honour a particular person. And of course, I\u2019d want the statue to have a nude body that was less perfect \u2013 a slight paunch for both male and female, wrinkles and or scars, faces that aren\u2019t perfectly symmetrical \u2013 the anyman-anywoman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would you put a statue in your yard or home? If there was no objection from another person, especially a significant other, nor a matter of cost, what if any statue would you commission?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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