Okay, sorta. *grin*

Leonard Nimoy was on The Colbert Report last night talking about The Full Body Project, and word on the street is they flashed my goods repeatedly.

Wanna see? Follow ze leenk: [link]

I haven't watched it yet. I'm savoring the anticipation.

Let me know what you think!

xoxo

I'm obviously going to go check it out. Seeing pictures on the internet is nowhere near as cool as seeing them big and beautifully printed.

Want to support body positivity in the world? Move those feets and go check out Leonard Nimoy's Full Body Project, on exhibit in Los Angeles until March 1st at the Louis Stern Gallery.

Link to info: [link]

A couple of the images from the book and exhibit are posted here in my gallery:

In my time on dA, I've been lucky enough to meet and get to know a tremendous number of very sweet, and very talented artists. Some of them have been inspired (or sweet-talked into) drawing me, and though all of those drawings and paintings are in my favorites, I wanted to collect them together and send out a big thank you. I have other pieces of art uploaded in my gallery, but these are the pieces that are found elsewhere, and some of them you may not have seen.

Big thank yous to those talented people who found something about me they wanted to capture. I am honored.

And it's been a good run, indeed! Yes ma'am, it has. Better than anyone could ever have predicted.

As those who have watched me for awhile have probably already figured out, I have stopped modeling. I did awhile ago, really, but was loathe to put so final a word as 'retirement' on it. However, that's what this is. The party is over, kids, and I'm taking my loot and heading home.

My experience has been an amazing one. I never thought that I would have the adventures I have had, or meet the people I have met, let alone have the amazing opportunities that have come my way. The letters I have received from some of you have touched me to the core. You have shared pieces of your innermost fears and vulnerabilities with me, and the triumphs that follow facing them. To say it has been an honor does not begin to do justice to the experience, but truly, it has been. I am humbled by all of you. Your hearts are bigger than even you know.

It's been awhile coming, this stepping back from modeling. More accurately, I've just stepped to the other side of the camera, and in finding photography have discovered who I think I was meant to be all the while. I feel like I have finally - finally - found the missing thing I spent my whole life searching for, without ever knowing what shape the hole was that I sought to fill.

(God, I sound so emo. *grin*)

Perhaps equally important, I don't feel the compulsion to speak out as stridently as I used to. There's more of a chorus, now. I look around places like deviantART, and various modeling sites, and I see more and more full figured people putting themselves out there as subjects for art. I see more and more conversations about beauty and size and acceptability and all those complex issues than I used to. There are so many more voices speaking now than there used to be. It feels like the right time to step back and let newer, fresher minds bring their thoughts and ideas and inventions to the table.

So, it's official. I'm retired. Now that that part is over, I need your feedback. In having made the decision, I'm left with some loose ends to deal with. Such as this page. Do you think it's better to leave it so people can find it and maybe find something of value here? Or is a ghost page with no one manning the ship a bad idea, and I should close it and be done with it already? (I'm inclined toward the second.)

Vote now!

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I know, I know, I'm one of the GDs for nude photography, not clothing photography. But hey, variety is good, yes? Plus, this genre is almost totally neglected on dA, and there's some good stuff out there. So, periodically, I'm going to go scrounging in the muck to find and present to you the fashionable jewels of MM.

Ready?

First up is ~kMoOg, whose sexy, fashionable portraits are some of my favorite work around here. Just looking at his work makes me feel elegant by association!