Posing nude is something I've always liked the idea of doing. Growing up with societal pressures and judgement about the naked body have always been the devil on my shoulder keeping me from finding posing outlets, but I still always liked the idea. After coming out as gay and going off to college, I gained an immediate acceptance of myself as a person and subsequently my body as well. I was unabashedly myself in college, and those days in college helped me to grow and prosper as a human. Then, right after college, I did my first posing in the nude for an artist and I found it liberating, as well as awkward and scary, but liberating more than anything else. Since that time, I've wanted to pose again but the opportunity has not presented itself. So, after seeing the request for models on Ween Portraits, I decided to follow through. On the overtly sexual side of the spectrum, being nude is risque and ripe with vulnerability, which add to the enjoyment and excitement. With that, on the other end of the spectrum, nudity doesn't have to be sexual, it can simply be freeing and enjoyable for that simple reason. Both are fun and important to explore.