I think that humanity will really progress once nudity is accepted everywhere, when self-awareness and self-acceptance are going to encouraged and appreciated, and when we're able to get over body shame and to accept our sexuality.
We don't need clothes to prove that we're different from all the other species. What makes us different is our volition and reasoning abilities. Those evolutionary advantages were never a permit for us to destroy the world, we only destroy everything when we stop thinking.
We need to accept sexuality and nudity as facts of life, to see them and appreciate them for what they represent. Our anatomy is unique, it is distinctly human, and so is body expression; the art of dancing and ballet. Sexuality is an art form, our courtship rituals are very unique. The social bonds that sexuality forms may not be unique to us, but I can argue that we do it better than any other species by channeling it through culture and even art.
In my opinion, humanity wastes a lot of time on irrelevant superfluous details. I think that it's about time we start thinking about what our universal message is and to move forward. This is more important than fashion standards or dress codes. It's our minds that make the difference at the end of the day, and that's the reason we are the dominant species. The presence or lack of clothes don't make us special or less civilized, nudes have always been at the zenith of civilization, that's because they represent who we are, they represent one of our unique abilities, which is the ability to create and enjoy art. Nudes have always adorned cave and temple walls, they have always been a source of inspiration for us, and they're going to continue being an inspiration for humanity in the future, but I truly hope that we will be able to accept that inspiration.
Anya is one of the few models who have complete control over their beauty. She always looks very graceful in all of her images, whether she's completely nudes, partially clothed, or completely clothed - the MPLStudios postcard series. I have seen her images many times at many different websites, but she always managed to keep her charm and her grace in every set. Whether it's at Domai or any of the many websites with Russian models, she always was the same beautiful woman that she truly is.
Photographers certainly have a role, but it's the model who inspires and helps in the creation of great art. Anya is one of the very special models who have been able to always help the photographers she's posed for create wonderful images.
She represents the vision of a young woman who appears to be in control of her life, destiny, and even how others see her.
I certainly hope that she will allow us to be inspired by her beauty for many years to come.
A personal vision of paradise is that of a tropical sunny beach that's full of tranquility. A getaway from concrete jungles with all of their pollution and crowds.
I think that what makes those getaways attractive is the harmony of colors, the fact that they offer a chance to relax and enjoy life in a semi-hedonistic way.
We can create our own paradise in the middle of our modern jungles. We can recreate the harmony of color, and if we're hard-working and good enough we may even have a person next to us, as beautiful as Sasha, helping us making it complete. All it takes is hard work and a bit of ingenuity.
Paradise doesn't have to be that far away, not when you believe and do something about all that you find ugly. By making the world a better place for yourself, you're helping in making it a better place for everyone else.
Meanwhile, Sasha is and will continue to provide the inspiration, the vision of a pristine paradise where honesty, in the form of nudity, prevails.
What's so beautiful about Anya? She looks terribly fragile, some of her sets at MPL studios and other websites with Russian nudes are average, and she is somewhat very thin.
What makes her beautiful is that she represents an ideal. An ideal of a new Russia where the people are allowed to dream, be beautiful, and pursue their happiness. Her eyes are full of intelligence, her body posture implies the grace of self-confidence, and her sure smile carries a sense of the joy of life that is amazing. To me, she represents confident progress.
She is thin, just like Russia after the revolution, but she has that wonderful attitude that represents the triumph of individuality over mindless collectivism. She took the chance to stand up, show her beauty, and be prominent. However, her poses never allow you to undermine her intelligence based on how beautiful she looks. She is what many would call a dangerous woman. I think that she represents a new world, a world of human beauty.
That's why I think that Anya is beautiful.
Revealing female attires in Eastern Europe?
The old soviet-era propaganda posters sometimes had the "ideal" soviet female portrayed in them; wearing a plain, conservative attire, and having a stern expression on her face. While this ideal is now being romanticized once again, it may somewhat explain the freedom that young Eastern Europeans embrace today.
I have read an article a while ago which was discussing just that, the emergence of the modern beautiful Eastern European female. The main hypothesis was that Eastern Europeans aggressively adopted that glamorous western lifestyle that they have been artificially deprived of for decades once they had their own freedom. After being shielded from the Western-style advertisements, many fell victims to all those ideals of beauty that they were presented with. I agree with the first hypothesis, and with the second one to some extent.
I once asked a young male friend who's from Eastern Europe about that, and his answer was "We think that females are the beautiful sex, why should they hide their beauty?". I agree with him. However, I personally think that it is more of a symbol of their newly acquired freedom, of the democracy that they have, or are still fighting to enjoy. It's a symbol of the lack of that culture of suppression that they had to endure for so long. They are now free to become whatever it is that they want to.
The stereotypes about Eastern European sexuality stem from the fact that a lot of models come from Eastern Europe. There are myriad reasons for that, but this doesn't mean that they're more aggressive, it just seems to me that for a young girl a career of modeling sounds like a career of freedom. Of enjoying all those "modern" things that everyone keeps talking about. However, they are more or less stereotypes, and like most stereotypes, there's only little truth in them.
Also, the clothes that the people in Eastern Europe wear are mostly remarkably similar to those that "Westerners" wear. The differences are minor. That basically is just another stereotype.
There's one thing about Eastern Europe that is true though, it's remarkably full of beauty. Not just female beauty, but beauty of nature and of people as well. I can't just describe it, you have to see it for yourself.
So, the next time you see a Russian model as beautiful as Deirdre, try not to think that she's a model just because she's Russian, she's a model because she had the dream and wanted to fight for it. That courage should earn her our respect.
A serpent sculpted by the hand of man
A seductress to entice
Hollow, to be filled
With their own vice
With a forked tongue speaks
A man in a dark gown
Conceal purity in this abyss
Our glory may find its death
What's hidden can be spoilt
Controlled, and filled with guilt
Contaminated by our whims
Manipulated and killed
The light always blinds the creatures of the night
In their darkness, we will rise.
A human born in darkness is blind
A miserable fiend
Afraid from the serpent's venom
When venom is all it drinks
Animal instict awakens
In its sanguine rivers
In murk it all arises
Yet another tragedy
Lust lingers in its bosom
It was raised to defile and murder
To violate all that's pure
To drown the world in blood.
"Everything that shines is a serpent"
Remember my son
Don't trust your heart
Don't look under the skin
Don't listen to their cries
Just look for them in the dark.
A new child is born
dressed as a snake
Another wing is ripped
Now is not the time for innocence
When innocence is mistaken for evil
and life is weaved into a nightmare
When the blood-stained hands are revered
And honest tongues aren't allowed to speak
How can it be otherwise?
A frenzy, a witchhunt
blame it all on the serpent
and our glory will never be gone
no antidote for the venom
Another head, another ornament
Held by the man with the forked tongue
Today's dose of the poison
Now my son, now you have a blindfolded soul.
A lot of websites out there seem to be promoting a new philosophy that it's okay to look at females and even to imagine how they look naked. Well, I have made my position clear before, but I think that I can elucidate a few points on that subject before moving on.
I think that it depends on your attitude and how you look. Looking at females randomly and imagining them naked is somewhat like looking at expensive cars and imagining how it will be like to be behind the wheel, it sounds like an innocent fantasy, but it promotes the possessive instinct that a lot of people have, and women are not cars or objects to be controlled, collected, or enjoyed.
Some say that it's okay to imagine them naked, but what's so special about hollow nudity? What's the use of a map if you're not able to see the big picture and to let it guide your way? We have been saying that nudity is about beauty and not about sexuality, that's it's about respecting women, for quite a long time. We will be contradicting ourselves if we suddenly start advocating the sexualization of human females.
What do you feel when someone stares at you? What if it's at a public location? Do you feel comfortable? What if they're not looking you in the eye but are staring at your pants/chest? I think that you will feel very comfortable.
No one has said where the line is to be drawn, if we start supporting optic harassment then we can easily start accepting the verbal harassment of females as a mere display of appreciation. There's a difference between going up to a female, introducing yourself, saying that you think that she looks beautiful and that you're interested in knowing the characteristics of her personality that augmented her beauty, and addressing her in a demeaning manner or just making a comment about how her body looks.
I think that there's nothing wrong with telling a woman that she looks beautiful, but sometimes it can be considered an intrusion on that woman's privacy, so whatever you choose to do, always remember that those females are to be respected, not patronized. Reducing a woman's worth to how beautiful her body is is the pure essence of sexism.
Sometimes one becomes adrift in the sea of life. Led by nothing and surrounded by darkness, it is then that one forgets how it was like being in the light. Depression is a reality, stalking you in the shadows and waiting until you reach the zenith of happiness to take over your life and to rob you of joy.
However, even in the darkest abyss of depression, there always is a light of hope. It's this light that we should look forward to, with a naked soul. So that we can be in control of the ship once again, and to be able to look at our compass through the fog.
In my opinion, beauty is one of the most important elements in the spectrum of that light.
That's what I thought when I saw this gallery. We can always regain control, but you need to find the catalysts that will make it quicker for us to reach our destination before too much damage is done.
Gardens serve as a connection to mother nature, it's that refuge in our busy cities that makes us feel at peace once again after a day full of struggle. However, there are some beautiful plants in every garden that everybody loves: the flowering plants.
Those add a sense of delight to every garden. They just stand there sharing their beauty with the world, waiting for nothing in return. This is the perfect beauty, there's a price for showing their beauty, but they do it nonetheless. That's why flowers hold a special place in the heart of every human being.
It's that beauty that true gentlemen value the most. The ultimate selfless beauty.
Enjoy!
We often forget that the intentions of the person behind the camera often influence his/her pictures. A picture is supposed to represent the photographer's view of a certain scene. Different people see different things in the same place, the processing done by the brain is influenced by past experiences. This means that a picture is much more than a display of a certain location and certain elements; it offers a glimpse into the photographer's mind.
This is why through the works of Viktoria Sun I have come to respect her. Apart from occasional lapses of quality her pictures are very simple and beautiful, and are never sexual, even when she takes a close-up. Her intention clearly is to capture the beauty that she sees and not the shallow sexuality that others want to see.
This is the case with this set, it comes from Amour Angels, a website mainly with "teen" sets, but they sometimes feature a good set or two. Her works stand out there, with all of the beauty they offer and their simple non-sexual nudes.
There's one thing of sure, a lot of her works will stay in my memory for a long time, and won't cease to inspire and guide me.
I hope that you will like this gallery.
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