Living the Shoeless Life

A Duke University student goes barefoot on campus for an afternoon and learns to embrace her bare tootsies.

As I drove to campus I knew what I was doing was wrong-at least on some level. And when I emerged from the Bryan Center parking garage I was visibly insecure. By the time I reached the Chapel, however, I began to embrace the experience of not wearing shoes. For it truly was an experience. I took a liking to the smooth stone leading me to the academic quad and found the dewed grass both a source of comfort and invigoration for my un-calloused, vulnerable feet. In a way I felt freer. As for the looks I received... they were a cross between confusion and judgment.

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