Being openly naked is a positive and healthy lifestyle which many people fail to understand. However, I'm not the only puppeteer or artist who wants to live an openly naked lifestyle.
Many of my non-naturist friends and fellow artists have reached out to offer me their support since I first began posting my nude photos online in 2023 along with articles about my experience with naturism. I appreciate their support very much.
The simple truth is, I feel that being openly naked is far more natural and healthy than forever shaming our bodies and keeping them hidden away. Being openly naked embodies me with a powerful sense of joy, freedom and confidence that makes me feel happy to be alive. It has taught me to love and accept myself just the way I am, and to jettison society's oppressive shaming. In regards to coping with my chronic depression, being openly naked has been extremely healing for me! It is far more effective than any medication I have ever tried!
Canceling me simply for talking about this openly and for sharing my naked selfies online is a closed minded act of censorship, as it seeks to silence me and limit my right to self expression. To do such a thing is wrong no matter how you might try to justify it.
I do not post pictures of sexual behaviour, that is not at all what I do. I'm simply sharing what my natural, naked body looks like because I am proud to be a human being and am tired of shaming myself for it. I've had enough of all of the shaming, so instead I'm choosing to be comfortable in my own skin. There is no reason at all why I should be embarrassed or ashamed to be naked. It makes me happy to be seen as the real me, I have been wanting to do this all my life.
Additionally, I never force anyone to see my naked body if they don't want to see it, the photos on this blog have been edited for that very reason. My new blog Mikey Artelle's "Naked and Free" Body Positive Blog has a blocking page on it which people must consent to passing in order to view the content. The images with nudity that I post on my Quora page are all blurred unless the image is clicked on, therefore consent is again required. As such I am doing nothing to offend anyone, I am simply being my honest, true, genuine, human self. Being naked and free makes me happy to be alive.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post. - Mikey Artelle
