On the photo sharing site he uses, he goes by the moniker Panding. Whether that’s just a moniker, his name, or simply a word that he likes, I can’t tell you. What I can tell you is: If Mother Nature was a Socialist, we would all look like this.
But Mother Nature is not a Socialist. She’s not even a Capitalist … most of us can’t even aspire to such a striking body. Mother Nature is an Autocrat … she just randomly houses our souls in what can only be described as public housing, then brings us into this world and says: “That’s what you get. Take it or leave it. Now get busy growing old.”
Panding isn’t your average model, wrought with an over-abundance of perfectly honed muscle. He doesn’t have that look how sexy I am look. He looks normal, a genuine nice guy. Of course he’s shaped well, but to look at him is to like him, to want to get to know him. He has that kind of demeanor.
What a natural pose. You wonder what he’s looking at. Is it a building, a sunrise, or is it another person? Are they looking back at him? Is it a man or a woman? Are they as beautiful as him?
Maybe you are as intrigued by men that take pictures of themselves as I am. There is something about it that suggests this is an enlightened man. There is something about it that says he would make an interesting soul mate.
Today, January 23, five days after I posted this piece, Panding contacted me. As it turns out, that is not his name … it’s Stephan, and he is indeed a genuine nice guy, not to mention an intriguing man. Panding stands for Peace Through Understanding.
What follows are his own words.
“Some people find it really odd that I’m so frank about showing myself in the nude. But for me it never has been a big deal, just something natural. Most of that comes from a liberal European upbringing I guess. Germans tend to be very easygoing about being nude. Just come to the lakes around Berlin in summer time.” Continue reading →