Pictures or videos of the barefooter stepping through thick mud or totally filthy streets and showing the filth and crud on the soles... pure pleasure! Going barefoot purely for filth and grime! Heaven on earth! Literally,,,
When I see such pics or videos, I always wish that my bare feet feel this dirty surrounding and my soles get black and filthy.
I dunno, you guys, I've always appreciated the utilitarian aspect of feet more. When you do things with your feet that show their strength, that's beautiful barefooting. Perhaps the best example of this is martial arts, and in particular the classic image of the student of karate, who trains in his/hers bare feet. Spiritual, but still ready to kick ass even without shoes. Take off your footwear, and USE your feet as they were intended to be.
Take off your footwear, feel awkward without shoes for only a week or two and you will LEARN you CAN use your feet as they were intended to be !! I didn't know. From years in shoes I believed like most people you can't go barefoot too far off the carpet or beach cause every little thing hurts. and you will 'never' make it ! Then I got the crazy idea lets see if I can make my feet tougher, they are really not much tougher I just learned to navigate without shoes. I get why the shoe people don't give it a try the beginning does kind of suck, what no one warned me was once you get your natural ability to go barefoot back you end up hating to wear shoes, that part I didn't know.