'A spirit of boldness led me to join the class, and I'm taking that attitude with me.'
New York City in March was, well, quiet. The typically raucous sounds of the city had been reduced to ambulance sirens and a lone car driving up and down the streets blasting “New York, New York” and “Empire State of Mind.” The weather was cold, the news was ominous, and I was lonely. So, for about two months, I logged on to Zoom every Monday night and prepared to get naked.
On the evening of our first class, I logged on to Zoom with my pen, paper, and wine at the ready. Talia started us off with a series of one-minute poses to get our hands warmed up. We then moved on to other “models,” who posed in increasing increments: three minutes, five minutes, then 10 minutes. I had signed up to pose for five minutes, and my heartbeat rose as others went before me. One friend took off her robe, lay backward on a chair, and flung her legs up.
When the hour ended, I was surprised. While drawing, I’d somehow found the concentration that had eluded me since the start of quarantine—I had been singularly focused on capturing the curve of my friend’s hip and perfecting the shading under her propped up leg. Each week, we concluded the hour by sharing our work, basking in the display of our Botticelli Bodies . My drawings tended to resemble the pieces my mother proudly framed from my fifth-grade art class, but that was beside the point.
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