Brenda

Read my essay entitled Nude

Brenda took me up on it.

I lead a very meditative life. I'm almost always alone when I am in my studio.

Then, one day, there was a naked woman in there with me. I found this to be startling.

In my mind and heart, I am always naked. I always want to tell the other, any other, everything. I have no shame. I'll always go as deep as the other will allow.

Now, suddenly, here was the living image of this thought, coming back at me, in the form of a woman.

I told her that I wanted this to be a series of at least seven.

I told her that this series would be about us, our chemistry together, our relationship as it evolved over the course of these seven meetings.

She agreed.