The week has been unbelievable! It was art week! This is what I do! I don't think my excitement level fell below 'annoyingly giddy' all week.

This was my perfect week - I had so much fun! I just felt so instantly at home and comfortable as soon as we walked into Parsons and I smelt 'art school' everywhere - oil paint , charcoal, saw dust - these are the things I'm covered in daily back at home! I miss painting and working in the studios so it was really awesome to be back in that environment. So awesome, in fact that I got naked! Haha.

But really, I am so used to working with nude models in figure drawing and painting classes I was completely unphased when we walked in on the class working from the model, Mia. Last semester, I literally woke up every morning and worked from nine to noon from nude models in my figure painting class. So the concept is completely normal to me. I tried to explain to Holly and some of my other housemates who were kind of freaking out, that the model is simply a tool for the artists to use.

The nude model is studied and used like a still life and is not viewed sexually in any way. And actually, the artists live model is the original type of modeling - modeling in its first and classic form - so it was kind of cool that we were posing for artists - it kind of took us back to the basics. I wanted to get behind those easels so badly but it was definitely cool to see what it felt like to be on the other side.