Naked is a word that captures the imagination. I have noticed that there are several TV shows with “naked” in the title and I suspect people watch them partly because of this. I wonder if it works as well for blogs as it does for TV shows? I could change the title of my blog. “Naked Little Old Lady with cats” has a nice ring to it and certainly grabs your attention more than plain “Little Old Lady with cats.” I found out from talking to my Dad’s caregiver that he used to watch “Naked and Afraid.” It was a bit of a surprise to me. I can see him in my mind’s eye, sitting in his wheelchair, scooted up close to the big flat screen TV so he could see better. Never in a million years did I imagine that he would be watching “Naked and Afraid.” The premise of the show is that two people, a man and a woman, are abandoned naked in some remote location. Somehow they have to garner their survival skills. I suspect the survival part is what appealed to Dad, but I could be wrong. Dad had had a lot of experience in the outdoors and he liked shows that had a survival twist. His caregiver said Dad didn’t think the people on the show had much in the line of survival skills. I suspect he thought that he could have done as well or better, whether or not he was naked, and he probably would have been right. ![]() I noticed there is another show called “Dating Naked.” I shudder to think what that must be like. You are already vulnerable enough in a dating situation. Being naked while dating would be a nightmare for me. I have enough body image issues fully dressed. As least with clothes you can call attention to your good parts and camouflage the not so good ones. It would be hard for me to make a good first impression naked. I don’t think any amount of witty conversation could draw attention away from my “little old lady with cats” body. Of course my date would be naked too. That doesn’t appeal to me either. The inspiration for this “naked” blog entry was my sister’s dream. The other day, she told me she had a dream about me in which I was almost naked. I was an artist’s model for a friend and a couple of other people. She said I had a sheet on and was posing like a Greek statue, I imagine similar to the Venus de Milo but with arms. In the dream I said that I would be happy to model naked. I was smiling. The whole dream sounded happy. People were drawing me in bright primary colors. I thought it was very interesting that I was so willing to be naked in her dream. I have had naked dreams of my own. I usually discover that for some reason I have inadvertently forgotten to wear clothes. In my own dreams I’m not so happy to be naked so I was glad that I felt comfortable in my sister’s dream. A long time ago I used to write down my dreams and share them in a class on dreaming. We learned about all the different ways of interpreting dreams. My first impression about my sister’s dream was that it was about my blog. I know she reads my blog and knows that I have revealed a lot about myself. I think being naked is about being vulnerable. You can’t hide who you really are. I liked the fact that it was a happy dream and I was so willing to be naked and vulnerable. I know I have revealed much more about myself in my blog than I ever imagined I would, including posting photos of my whole body (with clothes). No need to worry, however. I won’t be changing the title of my blog and I won't be posting any pictures of myself naked either.
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