Su Feishu, a self-asserted poet, strips off while reciting his poems at a Beijing bookstore on September 30, 2006. The brazen action, for the sake of literal creation according to him, has landed him into police custody for 10 days. [xmnext.com]

It is not the same as streaking, which is against the law. I did it as part of the creative process. --- "nude poet" Su Feishu

Free after ten-days in police custody, Su Feishu, the poet that stripped his way to fame, defended his public disrobing as creative method.

"It is not the same as streaking, which is against the law," said the bespectacled man. "I did it as part of the creative process."

"Highly direct and powerful language is appreciated in modern poetry," he said. "When we are immersed in literature; we have to get rid of shackles, of which clothes are symbolic."

Su staged his shackle-removing stunt as he recited a poem named "Just Nothing More" in a northern Beijing bookstore at the end of September, a stunt that landed him in the detention house for ten days.

Many of witnesses present at the scene insisted he tarnished the beauty of poetry.

Battle of Ideas A: Reciting a poem naked harms no one and does not justify ten days in custody at all. B: He deserved the ten days in custody as he forced his nudity on others who may have been offended. Go to support A Go to support B

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