Naked Ladies at the Republican National Convention

I kind of love it when I’m browsing around news sites on my down time at work and I come across the words:

Warning: This piece contains nudity and may be inappropriate for work environments.

To me, that means, turn my monitor slightly to the right so that I’m sure that no one can see what I’m seeing, and continue to scroll through the story.

Artist Spencer Turnick had a vision of what he wanted to create. He had a statement to make regarding how he believes the Republican Party of the United States views and dismisses women and minorities in ways that are unnatural and unnecessary.

His weapon is his camera and, instead of wielding it like a sword, he paints pictures that make people recognize the spirituality and magic that is within each person around the world.

For this project, Turnick assembled 100 naked ladies outside the Republican National Convention and gave them each a circular mirror. The bodies in the images are every imaginable shape and color. The artist’s website reads:

By holding mirrors, we hope to suggest that women are a reflection and embodiment of nature, the sun, the sky and the land. We want to express the belief that we will rely upon the strength, intuition and wisdom of progressive and enlightened women to find our place in nature and to regain the balance within it. The mirrors communicate that we are a reflection of ourselves, each other, and of, the world that surrounds us.

I fucking love this.

I love the idea of women being raised up and worshiped…I love the idea of nudity in public, especially for ART!

but I hate the idea that, there was a large group of naked women with mirrors assembled near the convention and I didn’t see a single story on the news about it.

It disappoints me.

I’ve been researching Turnick’s projects for the past few days and I’d absolutely love to take part in one.

What about you, Peepz?

Would you get naked with a large group of other people for a cause?

Let me know in the comments, and don’t forget to wear sunscreen!

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Source: Huffington Post and Spencer Turnick’s website

Image: Spencer Turnick’s website

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