Don’t Let the Dior Hit You . . .

I am often amused about the way that some barefooters will see a commercial that includes bare feet for some reason and then try so hard to interpret that as some sort of increased acceptance of bare feet, or that the ad writer is conveying how freeing going barefoot is.

I suspect it is just some sort of bareidolia.*

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How to Draw a Foot

I generally have little artistic talent. I tend to draw the way I tend to dance: mechanically. On the other hand, drawing well takes more than talent; it also requires knowing the mechanics and practicing.

I recently came across a web page that teaches the fundamentals of drawing feet. It is quite fascinating.

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Late-Friday Comic

Instead of a Saturday Comic, I’ll publish this on Friday, since it is a combination of comic and a more-extensive weekday post. This is a full story arc that ran from April 26, 1958 through August 16, 1958.

It is from a comic strip named Gordo.

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John Wesley’s Barefoot Story

Here’s a story about John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist church. It was told by one of his followers, Thomas Rutherford, in the 1808 edition of Methodist Magazine.

The event related occurred in 1736 or 1737, but was told to Ruthorford by Wesley in 1776, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Library, Thy Name is Hypocrisy

I’ve written before about the Haverhill Library.

It seems they have this rule against bare feet . . .

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Saturday Comic

Today’s comic is from Pickles, a strip by Brian Crane about a retired couple.

It was published on October 10, 2007.

Pickles, October 10, 2007

 

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Demonizing Bare Feet

One thing barefooters really notice is that the terminally shod like to raise the specter of injuries that happen while going barefoot while totally ignoring the sorts of injuries common to shoe-wearing.

And they seem to really love it when they can point to a real barefooted injury.

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“Old Main” in Cincinnati

Regular readers know I have this thing about libraries. They tend to be the one governmental function that has taken it upon themselves to deny their taxpayers access for spurious reasons: visiting barefoot. Even worse, you’d think a place dedicated to providing access to learning would make an effort to learn something themselves, but instead, when challenged, they double down.

So, here’s a short look at one library’s change in accepting bare feet.

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Ye Olde Schoolhouse

There was a feature in the Columbia Missourian back in 2009 about a field trip a local fifth grade made to a (replica) one-room schoolhouse. According to 11-year-old Amanda McDonald, the best part was

“We get to going barefoot.”

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Saturday Comic

Our comic for today comes from January 21, 1976. It’s from a strip called Winthrop, by Dick Cavalli.

Winthrop, January 21, 1976

Hey, back then germs acting like that was still considered silly. These days, though, I wonder . . .

 

PS. I hope that some of you occasionally wonder, “How does he manage to keep coming up with all of these?”

 

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High Heels are WEIRD

I imagine you read about the study from a few weeks back that determined that men tend to prefer women wearing high heels.

My suspicion is that the results are extremely culturally dependent.

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Shod-Walking

I am one of the fortunate few who is able to go barefoot nearly 24/7. In the past year my shoe-wearing time is under 24 hours. Most of that really didn’t entail walking around (think weddings and funerals).

And that made me forget just how much shod-walking really is a burden.

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Hobby Lobby

The way the law is is that stores and the like are considered private property, and that owners are allowed to do as they wish with their private property. Property rights are strong.

But it’s not that simple.

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Saturday Comic

Today’s comic really isn’t a comic, per se. But it might as well be.

It is a drawing done by Marcos Severi of Buenas Aires, Argentina, and it appeared in a tweet of his from this past September 11.

He called it “Decisions”.

Decisions, September 11, 2014

(H/T: Barefoot TJ of The Barefoot Runners Society.)

 

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A Lull

There may be a lull in new material here for a while. I’m finding that lately I’m just not feeling like doing the work required to research, organize, and write the posts. So, I’m just not going to worry about not writing for a while.

Do check back occasionally to see if I’ve updated.

In the meantime, feel free to consider this an open thread.

 

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