Nudism In Art, Literature , Cinema
The aim of this group is to encourage members to share their experiences from any type of art that proves that to be naked is to be oneself , that we were meant to be nude , that nudism is humane , that nudism is a protest against class and status pretentiousness - that nudism is freedom against society's hypocrisy and oppressiveness - that nudism can be a powerful spiritual experience - that...
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Desmond Morris in his introduction 'The Human Zoo'
Return to Discussions'Under normal conditions, in their natural habitats, wild animals do not mutilate themselves, masturbate , attack their offspring, develop stomach ulcers, become fetishists, suffer from obesity, form homosexual pair bonds, or commit murder. Among human dwellers , needless to say allof these thingsoccurs. Does this then reveal a basic difference between the human species and other animals ? At first glance it seems to do so. But this is deceptive. Other animals do behave in these ways under certain circumstances, namely when they are confined in the unnatural conditions of captivity. The zoo animal in a cage exhibit allthese abnormalities that we know so well from our human companions. Clearly then the city is not a concrete jungle but a zoo.The comparison we must make is not between the city dweller and the wild animal, but between the city dweller and the captive animal.The modern human being is no longer living in conditions natural for his species. Trapped notby a zoo collector, but by his own brainy intelligence, he has set up himself in a huge restless menagerie where he is constant danger of cracking under strain'