I'm a wee bit nervous as it's my first class since having a baby, and although things seem to have slotted back in to approximately where they were pre-Babushka, well, getting nude in front of people is just not something I can imagine any new mother enjoying. Plus it's getting colder and some of these older buildings, while all charming and bohemian and artiste-friendly, can get kind of cold.
So tomorrow I will be remember why the hell I do this for a living...or rather, what inspired me to pursue this line of work in the first place:
Ah, La Belle Noiseuse, with the very belle Emmanuelle Beart. I love how she makes the idea of being an artist's model so very sexy in this film, all mussed-up hair and Gallic pout. In reality (well, for me, at least), I think it is an amazingly unsexy occupation.
(Emmanuelle with Jane Birkin, another reason to love this film. And I want this house.)
Nope, tomorrow I will be turning up in my tracksuit pants, feeling a bit silly as I always do as I twist myself into (very bad impressions of) Rodin-esque poses, thawing myself out with cups of hot tea and probably chatting about baby vomit and sleeping patterns. Oh, that reminds me, I need to make sure I take a few of my own CDs - at this particular class I remember we once got stuck listening to Celine Dion, and I'm not really that big on Celine Dion.
5 comments:
For a second I thought that was a photo of you (posing in the artist studio) and I was going to have to kill myself with envy that you could actually have a body like that with a little baby!
I scrolled back and saw a lovely photo of you with your child (need to read to find details). How gorgeous!
Thanks, K.Line :-)
And no, not my body (if only)!
I used to life model (back in my early 20's!), and I have a friend who still does it now (in her mid 30's). I loved it, strangely it gives enormous satisfaction! Hope you've enjoyed getting back to it xxx
PS What part of Australia are you in? x
Wow! you are so brave! good on you and lovely blog too! xx
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