Project_ISM - erotic art & public nudity

CLARE_A

ARTISTS STATEMENT

As you mature your self-confidence and self love grows. I feel very comfortable with myself and I really enjoy myself and who I am. I think the naked body is exquisite and photography can capture beautiful imagery but also alter it so a different view may be witnessed. I think public nudity needs to be accepted more - this may happen when people accept themselves for who they are. To be a part of this project gave me the opportunity to love my body more and to become more aware of it. I definitely recommend the experience! ///// 2022 UPDATE: I made a folio in my late 20's for ISM and also nude photos for friend's art projects and feel so much more in my body now with all its marks from the journey through life so far. I want to push up against the common thought that still surrounds beauty - that youthfulness is revered and chased, but I see wisdom just as beautiful, especially as our youth fades. The lines in my face deepen and my belly softens, but with this comes a maturity and the stories of my life begin to shine through. I guess doing this shoot was somewhat of an activism for aging, that what we are fed in the media isn't real, we are in a body that grows and changes and morphs itself into a vessel with experiences beyond that of youth.

Media index

Clare_A 'slip_on'
06 May 08
Photos
ZIP - 45 images

Clare_A 'sky_clad'
12 Jun 22
Photos - reload
ZIP - 41 images

ARTIST PROFILE

birthplace: Balmain, Australia
occupation: Medical herbalist
age: 27 then/41 now
height: 172cm
relationship status: Partnered
starsign: Leo
biggest passion in my life: Love, herbs, happiness, shoes! Plant medicine for everyone
I like to listen to: Funky beats, mellow tunes and tribal chorus. Wind through the She-Oaks
I like to watch: The sunset. Money-laundering series
I like to smell: The heady scent of gardenias and freshly baked bread
I like to taste: Middle eastern spices and hot tea in the morning
I like to feel: Alive and invigorated. Content and peaceful
favourite part of my body: My feet and the side of my breast that peek out of a shirt
favourite part of someone else's body: Kind hands
Why i shot myself: To become more in tune with my sexuality and femininity. For art's sake and to bring out my sensual self.
who I'd least like to see shoot themselves: No one - it is an experience for all who are open to it
who I'd most like to see shoot themselves: A few of my women friends who are struggling expressing their sensuality
Most outrageous thing I have done: Climbed a snowy mountain. Also, entheobotanicals
Bands I like: Tool, Flume, 90's rock, Celtic tunes, Deya Dova
Books I like: If Women Rose Rooted by Sharon Blackie, Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Films I like: Avatar, Inception, Bad Moms

this artist also contributed to beautiful agony
Clare_A is Agony contributor A1135

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