When someone talks of a naturist, they might think of a person who is so in love with the countryside that they spend weeks among the trees and bushes with minimal supplies. While a naturist might enjoy these things, the term refers specifically to a person who sometimes struts about in the nude for the feeling of personal freedom it gives them. Naturism is the term more frequently used in Britain while nudist is more common in the North American colonies. It amounts to a personal enthusiasm as well as a philosophy that arose over its hundred years of modern practice. That philosophy, if understood, can be expressed as a…