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| 1 | 287 | We View more quotes about must">must, too, become more aware of our surroundings, and their ambiences, of sunlight and shadow, of warmth and coolness, of air and moisture, of textures and surfaces, the feel of tiles or rugs to our knees, the feel of cloth on our bodies, however light or diaphanous, the sense of our body where it was bare, vulnerable, waiting to be touched or felt, the pinioning of shackles, the weight of chains, the different sense of encircling ropes or straps on our bodies, each rendering us helpless. |
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| 1 | 284 | We were taught personal hygiene, and cleanliness, perfumes and cosmetics, the stringing of jewelries, the affixing of bangles, bracelets, and beads, the draping of tunics, the binding on of a camisk, the subtleties of the ta-teera, or slave rag, seemingly so artless, and yet so cunning. |
| 1 | 285 | We learned how to move attractively, how to walk, kneel, lie, and rise attractively, how to clothe ourselves attractively, even given the tiny garments we might be permitted, and how to strip ourselves attractively. |
| 1 | 286 | The free woman may be stiff and clumsy; the slave, in movement, posture, and attitude, must be beautiful. |
| 1 | 287 | We must, too, become more aware of our surroundings, and their ambiences, of sunlight and shadow, of warmth and coolness, of air and moisture, of textures and surfaces, the feel of tiles or rugs to our knees, the feel of cloth on our bodies, however light or diaphanous, the sense of our body where it was bare, vulnerable, waiting to be touched or felt, the pinioning of shackles, the weight of chains, the different sense of encircling ropes or straps on our bodies, each rendering us helpless. |
| 1 | 288 | Our senses, our skin, our bodies became alive, open to the richness and diversity of impinging sensation, so frequently unnoticed and neglected on our former world. |
| 1 | 289 | The life of the female slave is a life of vitality and awareness, an awakened life, a sentient life, a sensuous life, a so-much-alive life! To be sure, clad as we were, when clad, it is easier to be aware of such things. |
| 1 | 290 | In more than one way, one is more exposed to the world, to nature, and the reality in which one exists. |