Here's to a very full moon shining down over the Door County, fondly known to many locals as the Open Air Asylum...
Where rumors of the Naked Man on Spring Road keep friends and neighbors ever watchful. With temps in the 90s he could just be the Burning Man, seeking some basic form of relief but, talk, talk abounds - naked man seen jogging down Spring Road, naked man seen cycling through the Fish Creek condos. But, the best tale, the one that brought the sheriff... naked man reported standing in yard surrounded by mirrors.

This search for the naked truth (and the soaring heat), as well as the difficulty of gaining proper press coverage for certain types political events like the (Downing Street Minutes) that question power is urging me to consider the possibility of exposing the issue in a similar manner.

A little Googling led to discover that the infamous West Marin, California women's group that made the naked PEACE and NO WAR protest photos starting in fall of 2002 have evolved, becoming an official organization with a Web page Baring Witness. The project was created and organized by a different Sheehan... a tall, willowy blond, 72-year-old self-described eco-artist, Donna Sheehan. She too gained instant notoriety and a ton of publicity by simply asking other women to pose for peace with their clothes off. Sheehan says the idea of posing people in the nude came to her in a dream.

"Have you ever dreamed that you were naked? I think everybody has. It's a very primal statement, and it's something we can all do," Sheehan says. "We are trying to seduce our leaders and bring them off their ego path of killing and destruction. No blood for oil."

A little more Googling and ogling led me to discover that before 1934 full-body swim attire was the norm and it was a group of men that broke the ban, going topfree at a crowded New York public beach, despite the threat of arrest. The Topfree Equal Rights Association (TERA) now exists to help women attain the same privilege. Underlying their immediate request for equality lies a collection of bare breasted politics that uncover everything from breast cancer and public breast feeding to Janet Jackson spoofing the FCC on Saturday Night Live.