her undergrad is in psychology and gender with the eventual goal
to go in to counseling and human sexuality.
“For a long time I had an eating disorder and was really small.
When I decided to come out on the other side of that, I was really
tired of trying to make myself as small as possible. So, I felt that
the way to connect with my body was to try and make it as strong
as possible. That’s my way of taking control over my body. It’s a
way for me to have a positive connection with my body instead of
a negative one.”
I asked her about what she gets out of being painted. When you
think about it, she stands around about as nude as you can be
without being naked for sometimes eight hours with nothing to do
but stand still and keep from fainting.
“Matt can tell you that my body has completely changed of the
four years of us painting together. When he met me I was very
skinny. I just have a very different body now. I have been doing
yoga for a long time, personal training sometimes, too. I have
really been trying to take control of my body and I like body stuff.
There are certainly things, even doing this [being painted], that
aren’t perfect on my body I don’t really like, but I am working on
making myself as functional as