I have a theory .... I was thinking about how life has changed since we all lived in "Extended Families". It was common then for at least three generations...in each house.
Back then, there were plenty of occasions for the youth to see "Real Life'
happenings. Birth and Death were natural parts of life.~You didn't see your loved ones carried off to the hospital...perhaps never to return. :(

I think what a different world it is to grow up with the joys and the sorrows of life to be hidden from us in a cloak of mystery--thus fear.
This all came to mind from an amazing post in body beautiful.
The post is below..from a 16 year old male! It addressed the question of whether allowing young adults was harmful..or not. I've come to know that for this young man, exposure to nudity is definatly not a bad thing.
His comments to the Art are always insightful and interesting,!

People all are different...with Adults as well . But i believe that hiding life's wonders and mysteries is wrong. In fact 'Honesty IS the best policy.'
Anyway, that is what I believe.

13:48:14 STACIE IS MY SEXAAAY CHICKLET: some of us kiddies are fairly mature for our age :) i deffinatly think u should keep the wikki running and keep posting more pics :).i cant really comment on the situation at hand cuz im a kiddie myself but there are imature ppl and there are mature ppl i think the mature ppl outway the imature and i dont think u should even think about taking it down . in fact id take that as a oppatunity to put more up cuz i went through a stage in my life were i liked that type of art as"pornography" not art but seeing it enough made me look at it as beauty not rudeness or perverted. i think that if we can get some ppl to know that it is art not porn then weve done a great thing :)

[birdsong] I am by no means a christian man. However, as defined by the bible,charity is the pure love of christ,and the purest love in existence. Unfettered,untainted,without motive. In all my life,there has been few if any,that have exhibited this fully. One day I met a beautiful woman who defied age,and even moreso,defied society in that she has always exhibited this love,even to the extent that just by gazing upon her beauty was enough to make me smile,and be full of happiness. Everytime I spoke to her,I heard a kindness unfathomable,and the pure innocence of a child. This has always made me truely happy,beyond a shadow of a doubt in mind,and when I am with her,time seems to stand still,and in this world full of hate,I feel safe and happy. In a world of industrail fitlh,I hear the wind and the trees in her. She is and always will be beautiful beyond compare.Thank you so much Janet,and may you finally find the happiness and peace you deserve more than anything on this earth.

Paradom

John de Wit
Molengraaf 80
4133 CP Vianen
The Netherlands

[shir t.] did this Lovely sketch of me!

Sketch by [shir t.]....So Lovely!

Look what Shir drew!! I love it!

How does pain crawl so deep inside you
It comes so quickly..so very unexpected
last week it was like a mantra...
Stay as close as possible to what makes you happy
-just like that, it's gone.
leaving you bleeding and picking gravel from your knees