The Naked Truth

Good Morning on this lovely Spring April Morning

Get your cup of coffee. We need to talk. The other day my daughter, Lynne, sent me a text picture that she really liked. She found it in an art gallery. It looked like a photo of some fire works with a burst of white lightening. I could not even guess what it was. Her comment on this photo was, " Interesting but I find it a positive statement on humanity. "

Well I did find it positively interesting for sure when I found that it is a bunch of naked people jumping into water.

"Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean." is a quote of Ryunosuke Satoro. I have no idea who that person is but his quote is in Google. Could this have been the inspiration for the photo? Hmmm.

And speaking of humanity, Albert Einstein's quote might be quite relevant. "It becomes appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."

Ralph Waldo Emerson's quote may be explaining why they all jumped into the water naked. He said, "We all boil at different degrees." Maybe they were all boiling. Maybe they live in New Orleans.

Voltaire may have commented on this photo with his quote. “The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.”

Mahatma Ghandi may have inspired this art with his statement on humanity. "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. "

So maybe jumping into water naked, completely vulnerable is a statement. We are all vulnerable and all in this together and Ghandi did call humanity an ocean. Lynne's comment may be right on target.

Now I have to admit that I did find this interesting especially after reading these quotes and thinking about the possible statement the art photograph may have made. But I did almost go into cardiac arrest when I found that it cost $9000. HELLO ! Wait. Let me put something stronger into my coffee.

So I thought hey I can get all of the gang here to jump naked into my pool and cut a deal for $2000. But would there be any takers. Then I thought of how we would all look naked, not skinny like those flashes of naked lightening streaks on that film. This brought to mind another quote, this one by Mae West. "To err is human but it feels divine."

William blake said, "Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed." That would be us.

And Nikki Giovanni said, "A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die. "

I guess the people diving naked into the pool of life has a message. Allow yourself to be vulnerable. You are not alone in the sea of humanity. The naked truth is that we are all vulnerable to an extent and we can find peace perhaps in the sea of humanity.

But I leave you with this quote of Mark Twain. "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." So go and get dressed you guys. No photos today. Sorry. Leave your number Don't call us . We'll call you.

Ok...so today is April Fool's Day. I have my own thoughts about "fools". First my friends feel that whenever I make a fool of myself it is only temporary. Thank Heavens. I have noticed, too, that I am not alone. I seem to surround myself with lots of other fools. And I have a special fondness and trust in fools..since I am one myself. So here is my April Fool's Day toast to all. So grab your coffee.

Mark Twain said that we celebrate this day to remind us of how we are the rest of the days of the year. He also said "Let us be thankful for the fools ; but for them the rest of us could not succeed."

If you ask me the best test of another's sense of humor is to play a joke on him. If he laughs he has humor along with humility. If he does not he is a real fool because it is in being able to laugh at ourselves that we find salvation in our humility.. We recognize our limitations and our shortcomings. We know are not Gods. The wise can play the fool but the proud self-centered ones are the genuine fools for they perceive themselves as Royalty.

So raise your coffee to all of those who know the difference.