While the books of Aenya are no more *about* nudism than A Game of Thrones is about incest, I must admit my naturist worldview plays a significant part in my world-building. Even when my characters are not fully nudist, like Radia and Demacharon in The Princess of Aenya, values inspired by naturism, like respect for nature, play an integral part in the story. As an avatar representing nature herself, Radia does, in fact, doff her undergarments to frolic unabashedly naked in a cave, and later in a field, much in the way Artemis, Aphrodite, and other gods and goddesses of antiquity have been depicted in museums throughout Europe for millennia. And it just makes sense. Nature should have nothing to hide.
For me, humanism, feminism, and environmentalism are integral to clothes-free living. While it certainly isn’t necessary to be a nudist to champion equal rights (most people wouldn’t dream of going nude in public, regardless of political affiliation), I find it more challenging to be racist when you’re strolling around as the Goddess made you. It’s hard to demonize a community when we see how similar we are as humans in our most vulnerable state. Whether you’re white, black, Latino, Jewish, or other, we’ve all got the same basic parts down there: a penis (if you’re male), a vagina (if you’re female), or some mix of both (if you’re Trans). When we expose our most natural selves, we recognize that we are, in fact, just another animal species, making it that much harder to ignore the plight of others and the destruction of their habitats.
In the video below, I explore how naturism, Classical art, and my Greek heritage influenced my storytelling and the birth of Aenya.
Being and Nakedness 
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