[il-talk] Fwd: there is a side 2

Sun Mar 31 17:49:15 UTC 2013

Thanks.  Where was this published?

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> 10 • THE OCTOPUS • WWW.CUOCTOPUS.COM • FEBRUARY 18-24, 2000
> Nude Modeling: Going in Blind
> How about we just all get naked then, I wonder. You know, just to make
> absolutely tiure the nervous playing field is level?
> I take my robe off the bathroom hook and caress it a bit before stuffing
> it into my backpack. At the audition, we were told that if we ever get
> cold or uncomfortable, we should always feel free to just put our robe
> back on, Never before have I felt so much reverence for an article of
> clothing.
> We were also told at the audition that the art department would provide
> sheets for us to lie on. "These sheets get dirty sometimes," one of them
> said. I pictured her standing in front of us, waving a bedsheet full of
> stains from models who weren't so prudent about coffee intake. "You
> might want to bring one of your own sheets from home," she advised. No
> question.
> I stuff a sheet in along with the robe. While strapping the pack onto my
> back, I call Dora to come and take me out to the car.
> On the drive to the art building, Mike and I talk about how it might
> feel to be in an airplane crash, about when he thinks he 11 get around
> to changing the light bulb on the front porch, about how gray Dora's 
> hair'is
> getting, about anything except nudity and art. I know that avoidance is
> not always a good coping strategy, but today it's working. I don't fight 
> it.
> By the time I call Dora out of the car and put her harness on, I'm
> feeling pretty confident. It's nice to be employed again, good to feel
> needed by someone outside of my family. I've even convinced myself that
> my work will somehow contribute to the advancement of art. Mike kisses
> me goodbye, and the squeeze he gives my hand is reassuring. I smile when
> I hear him call out a "Good luck!" to Dora and me as we scoot off to the
> art building.
> We're right on time, but the professor isn't. As I wait outside the
> studio door I'hear students hurrying by to class. "Can I see your still
> life?" one asks. "I'm not sure I did it right." I wonder what "right"
> is, and if someday in the future two students will be comparing their
> renditions of my naked body, seeing if they got it "right" or'not. Then
> I hear two other students discussing their social lives.
> "Hey, like, did you party, like, all week-end?"
> "No, just, like, Saturday. But, like, I tayed up, like, way late last
> night, too. Like, , 1 almost didn't, like, wake up this morning."
> When ail you can do, like, is hear ... I mean, when you can't, like,
> distract yourself with, like, visual things around you, well, like, the
> overuse, like, of the word "like," tike this, like, can drive you, like,
> crazy.
> My brow furrows in annoyance and disgust over this modern-age speech
> pattern, and when a voice calls out my name, I'm a bit startled. "Beth?"
> a woman asks. "I'm Barbara. Can I help you into the studio?"
> Barbara is the art professor I've been assigned to today, With little
> time to think, I grab her elbow and let her lead-Dora and me into a big,
> open room.
> "Ah, they've cleaned the room!" Barbara complains as we enter. The
> disappointment ;n her voice makes me laugh.
> "What's wrong with a clean room?" I ask her.
> "Oh, it just means the stools and chairs are all up on the tables, and
> we've got to move stuff around before we get started." She leads Dora
> and me to a stool, instructing me to sit down as they rearrange the room
> a bit.
> I wish she would just bring i)^JE|f the changing room right away so I
> could undress and get into my robe. I've managed to get myself to a
> pretty good place about this whole nude-modeling thing, and if we could
> keep things moving, I won't have time to think about love handles. And
> goose bumps. And having to pee.
> The sounds of tables and chairs being shoved around finally stops.
> Barbara approaches us-again.
> Have they come up with a word that combines disappointment and relief?
> You know, like "infotainment" or "frappuccino," those other combination
> words that are so popular now? .
> Disaplief? Relappointment?
> That's the word I need to use to describe my reaction after Barbara
> tells me how pleased she is that I could make it this morning. She is
> particularly pleased with the opportunity that my bringing Dora along
> gives the students.
> "They can draw both of you," she notes. "And since you'll be there with
> the dog," Barbara reasons, "we'll have you keep your dress on."
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