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One day, my friend Dear Prudence posted on Facebook, asking if anyone would be interested in a nude modeling workshop. My friend had been modeling for years, and I wanted to know what it was like. To my surprise, I found myself signing up. When I speak in front of a crowd, I break out into a cold sweat. I choke on my words.
The class was held in the back room of an art gallery in the trendiest part of the Bowery in New York City. It was a Wednesday evening and the neighborhood was just waking up. I was giddy as I passed freshy fresh young indigenous punks and hipsters on Delancey Street. I looked like an older uptown tourist but I had a secret.
Can you do it? That afternoon, I found my way to the art studio. The teacher was a friendly man, probably in his sixties, who had been running classes of female students with female models for much of my lifetime.