For school I did an auto-ethnography study on dressing Plain in main stream society. For almost two weeks I dressed Plain. I hated it and I loved it. There is the utter simplicity of dressing Plain. You don't have to worry about what you are going to wear nor do you have to worry about how you look. You go as God meant you to look without makeup or extra stuff. It was a release and yet at the same time it was a prison for me. I wanted to wear makeup. I was stared at everywhere I went. I felt like I was always on display and yet no one really looked at ME. It was just my clothes. I do not want to feel like that again yet my heart and soul loves the ideas that come with dressing simply. I like working around the house and cooking. I think I would really like being Plain- especially if I had other people around me who held similar beliefs.
I do not proscribe to all of the beliefs that come with being an old order mennonite or dressing plain. I believe in God/Goddess, in metaphysical representations of the Bible and not adhering to every single word in it, I believe that being gay is not a sin or something that is "wrong"- I believe God made each one of us exactly how He/She wanted, and I believe in being open to other religions.
So where does this leave me? How can I fit into both worlds? How can I choose to be Plain and still go to school and be respected? How can I date when I dress like this? I guess I will leave all of that up to God. I just need to find the path that makes me the most happy.
2 comments:
If you were to dress as god intended, wouldn't you walk around nekkid? :) I hear you - when I look at the culture around me I'm not so sure being in the norm is all it's cracked up to be.
Lol, you have a good point. Although, I think I would probably shock a lot of people if I suddenly became a nudist, hehehe, and it would be a little cold right now! eek!
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