This week I am booked for two modeling sessions, which will take place tomorrow morning and Thursday night.

Nude modeling is something I’ve wanted to try for a very long time. Not only do I see it as an opportunity to step over the narrow concept of nudity as something shameful and indecent, but as a chance to give back to a mode of expression that has always been an integral part of my life.

Seeing as this will be my first time posing for a group of strangers, I’m a bit nervous, but the experiences shared by other models have been very reassuring and have helped melt away most of my anxieties.

For the first time in my life, I’ll be sitting on the other side of the easel.