Howard Anderson

I was honoured when Richard asked me to join the group of moderators on this site although not having done that kind of thing before, I recognised it would take

I have had a rest from the Naktiv site for a while. One or two people started to claim that I had written or meant things that I had not,

If we are to promote the idea that a nude life is good, it would be well to present that idea as best we can. If a succession of sad,

I find it both odd and disturbing that people want to pigeon hole other people, worse is the desire to pigeon hole oneself. A key element in freedom is to

Yvonne’s blog on http://www.naktiv.net/blog/75/the-naked-woman-within-screaming-to-get-out/ highlights some of the problems women feel about nudity, particularly about body image and the “sense of comfort hiding behind clothes”. This goes very deep. Yesterday

Modes of social behaviour are governed by memes, i.e. learned ideas and attitudes. A meme is described as "An element of a culture that may be considered to be passed

I have often wondered if it is possible to take photographs that show WHY people go nude. There are plenty of photos of nude people taking part in activities such

Words, words words. Useful things words, but they convey different meanings to different people. There are seemingly endless arguments over the words nudist and naturist, nude and naked, ship and

Seeing the word wounded in Robert’s post made me think ( http://www.naktiv.net/blog/122/naturism-and-healing-the-wounded-soul/ ). There are three main reasons to stay shielded from the gaze of others if nude, the risk