For those U.S. VFFers* out there who are making holiday plans — watching fireworks, grilling out, and/or throwing back a beer or three — in remembrance of Independence Day (July the Fourth), I’d like to throw out a request: enjoy a bit of foot freedom.
After all, what’s more freeing than emancipating your toes from the confines of restrictive, controlling shoes? And since it’s my contention that the fundamental mode for human beings is to be independent, free individuals, being shoe-less in a shoe-filled world is a tiny celebration of what it means to be human.
So here’s your task: Either wear your fivefingers while you’re out and about on the 4th or go full-foot-freedom and be barefoot!
Then, if you’re feeling frisky and have a digital camera handy (With camera phones being the rule these days and not the exception, who doesn’t?), snap a “birthday shoes” shot of your freed feet and email it to me!
On Sunday, I’ll compile these photos and post them here.
Free your Feet for the Fourth!
* For all the VFFers out there who aren’t in the U.S., it goes without saying that you have every reason to free your feet at any time. And if you do just that this weekend, please send in a photo!
