Apparently, I’ve been right all along.
I don’t really like shoes. I’ll admit a certain weakness for a really cute pair of heels, and a huge preference for my beat up Chucks. But when I get home from work, the shoes are the first thing to go. There’s usually a trail of them scattered through my living room in the path from the door to the couch.
I just like being barefoot. It’s satisfying.
It’s also good for you, according to barefoot crusader / New York Magazine writer Adam Sternbergh. The “Bryant Park Project” interviewed him this morning.
Sternbergh raises some interesting points - human feet work perfectly well on their own, and the earliest shoes were designed with pure function in mind, not the health needs of the feet. The shoe perpetuates the shoe, and the footwear industry is a “conspiracy of idiocy”.
The real question here is whether or not Sternbergh is wearing shoes in the interview. Thankfully, the issue is addressed - he concedes that he wears shoes on a daily basis and encourages others to do the same. If you live in a city, who knows what you’ll step in or on.
Then comes the best moment of the interview:
BPP: You cover your feet?
Sternbergh: Yes, I do.
BPP: And not out of shame?
This is one of the major reasons that I really enjoy the BPP. They’re unafraid to ask the questions that I want answered. There have been so many times that I’ve heard an interview on NPR and still had questions. Granted, some of them are silly, but I know I can’t be the only one wondering (strangely, this seems to happen most on “All Things Considered”).
The “Bryant Park Project” has realized that if they’re going to interview offbeat, interesting people that they need to ask more interesting questions.
Check out the interview here. If you’re not so easily persuaded, there’s always this.
(photo by k.c.)
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