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I don't immediately associate nudity with sex or even sexuality. Being nude or partially naked with someone can express the height of familiarity; it exposes you in a way that is terrifying, exhilarating, and completely natural. Our culture pushes for us to build around ourselves objects of interest, ways to express who we are through clothing, make-up, hair and accessories. It's what makes us all so interesting and fascinating and different. Sometimes however we have a tendency to get lost and hide behind these things. Being nude does not allow us to to this. There is no barrier. Taking away your clothing and adornments strips you of all the often consciously built layers. It bares you to the world in a very real moment of self-consciousness. I think like most individuals it has taken me some time to appreciate my body, the way it looks and the way I am. To be completely happy in my own skin. This was a sort of experiment, to see how much of that acceptance actually existed with-in myself and when striped of my layers.

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Yukata
Cat_B 'Yukata'
06 Jul 15
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ARTIST PROFILE
birthplace: Camden, UK.
occupation: Student/Waitress.
age: 25.
height: 175-ish cms.
weight: 60-something kgs.
relationship status: Single.
starsign: The fish, Pisces. Apparently not a very good one.
biggest passion in my life: At the moment, Japan! Everything from its traditional tea ceremonies to its crazy j-rockers, manga characters and kitschy gadgets!
I like to listen to: anything. I'm very open to music, I'm usually very influenced by what my friends are liste
I like to watch: people watching is fun, creepy, but fun. Especially if it's somewhere overseas.
I like to smell: baked goods. Every house should smell like baked goods, it's like home!
I like to taste: chili and spices! Thai, Japanese, Asian cuisine is the best! I like to feel my eyelids sweat!
I like to feel: content. That sunny Sunday afternoon feeling where everything is calm and overwhelmingly vivid.
favourite part of my body: My boobs because their fun, or my wrists because their small and dainty, very lady-like. I don't often feel that about much of my body.
favourite part of someone else's body: Cliche as it is, the smile. Specifically the corner or dimple areas, especially if I've gotten to see them up close and personal.
Why i shot myself: As a challenge to myself to see how comfortable I am with my body and how confident I was to put that evidence out there.
who I'd least like to see shoot themselves: The obvious people like family, but more generally I think Kim Kardashian's photos would be super boring and lets face it, we've all seen enough of her already.
who I'd most like to see shoot themselves: A good friend of mine who is loud and beautiful, but lacks in confidence due to a poisonous relationship. It would be a good confidence builder for her.
my website/fav website: Irizwest.tumblr.com, a kickass blog about women in media, focused on comic books and women of colour. It's lovely and called Super Girlfriends.
Most outrageous thing I have done: Breaking and entering. Sounds bad, but it was never in in-lived houses, but rather abandoned or semi-built ones. And never to steal, just to explore and for adventure. I just wanted to be Catwoman.
Bands I like: Nothing trance or house, music like The Darkness, Mumford and Sons, Bloc Party, Justin Townes Earl, a variety really.
Books I like: Hmm, I'm re-reading Terry Pratchett because I can't believe he's gone. Genre wise: fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction. I'm a sucker for dragons and descriptive story telling.
Films I like: Really, really bad cult sci-fi or fantasy films. I'm thinking Blood from the Mummies Tomb bad. Look it up, it's fantastic.