Nudity: What makes the difference bt porn and art for YOU? (Possible NSFW)

[FoxOnStilts]

I get paid 15$/hr to sit and pose and not move for a few hours (and nap) for an art class, not to get things inserted inside me, either by myself or anyone else. And I don't spread out my sex organs for all to ogle. There's a difference for you.

Maybe I should go into porn though; I was described as being very frank about my nudity. But then, I think that if you're in a situation like that, you're either all in or not at all. There isn't really room for shame or embarrassment when you're naked center-stage with a bunch of people drawing you in weird positions.

[Nowisthetime]

I get paid 15$/hr to sit and pose and not move for a few hours (and nap) for an art class, not to get things inserted inside me, either by myself or anyone else. And I don't spread out my sex organs for all to ogle. There's a difference for you.

Maybe I should go into porn though; I was described as being very frank about my nudity. But then, I think that if you're in a situation like that, you're either all in or not at all. There isn't really room for shame or embarrassment when you're naked center-stage with a bunch of people drawing you in weird positions.

It's also interesting how it is bound to the context. As soon as there is a break the model usually wraps himself/herself in a coat or something. Kind of like dancing. You can be intensely close to someone when dancing Bachata, but when the dance is over the context changes.

I think some porn stars are ILE. Tanner Mayes is possibly one.

[FoxOnStilts]

It's also interesting how it is bound to the context. As soon as there is a break the model usually wraps himself/herself in a coat or something. Kind of like dancing. You can be intensely close to someone when dancing Bachata, but when the dance is over the context changes.

Yes, I have a robe after I start moving around, and they have a changing room where you change into/out of the robe. It is very interesting, though.

Also, the professor asked if I was avaliable next semester, so I guess my "frankness" was a good thing. It was probably just because they were freshmen who have never worked with a nude model before. Crisis averted! I definitely got a little neurotic trying to decide if it was good or bad. >>

[Nowisthetime]

Yes, I have a robe after I start moving around, and they have a changing room where you change into/out of the robe. It is very interesting, though.

Also, the professor asked if I was avaliable next semester, so I guess my "frankness" was a good thing. It was probably just because they were freshmen who have never worked with a nude model before. Crisis averted! I definitely got a little neurotic trying to decide if it was good or bad. >>

I agree also that there isn't much room for embarassement in that situation. I've attended these nude drawing courses sometimes, and the model just becomes an object or shape, because one has to concentrate so much on the task. It doesn't feel sexual, even if the model happens to be good looking. People can also comment on how the model looks, and give compliments to the model, but it's not the sexual kind of compliment, more about the structure/shape of the body, pleasing lines etc. I can imagine though, that these kind of sessions can trigger sexual feelings also, maybe actually because of this precise switching of outlook between shape and real person.

[Creepy-male]

I've always wanted to do this (pose for art). Not because I'm an exhibitionist, but just to say that I had the balls to do it. To break that inner sense of self perceived shame.

Do it, don't you have a lot of pictures of models and stuff? Maybe you should get into that if you enjoy that sort of thing.

[squark]

I've always wanted to do this (pose for art). Not because I'm an exhibitionist, but just to say that I had the balls to do it. To break that inner sense of self perceived shame.

I've been asked to pose a few times, but always declined. I didn't like the idea of being naked in front of so many people, (or in one case having photographs put up for exhibit) not so much out of shame, but um, this probably sounds weird -kind of out of pride and ownership, as in I didn't want just anyone being able to look at me - I wanted to be more selective. There's just something distasteful to me about being too open to too many people whether with my personal life, past, thoughts, or my body. I'm sure nobody really cares - I mean, even when I post things here or elsewhere that I find to be somewhat (or quite a lot) revealing, I doubt many even read it or remember it, but idk, the open-ness itself makes me feel weird sometimes like I'm devaluing my own experience. Gah that's hard to explain. Anyway. . .

[ashlesha]

I've been asked to pose a few times, but always declined. I didn't like the idea of being naked in front of so many people, (or in one case having photographs put up for exhibit) not so much out of shame, but um, this probably sounds weird -kind of out of pride and ownership, as in I didn't want just anyone being able to look at me - I wanted to be more selective. There's just something distasteful to me about being too open to too many people whether with my personal life, past, thoughts, or my body. I'm sure nobody really cares - I mean, even when I post things here or elsewhere that I find to be somewhat (or quite a lot) revealing, I doubt many even read it or remember it, but idk, the open-ness itself makes me feel weird sometimes like I'm devaluing my own experience. Gah that's hard to explain. Anyway. . .

"the secret of being a bore is to tell everything." - voltaire