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Feb 2, 2020

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What I Learned Painting a Self-Portrait in the Nude

About bodies and self-love.

Photo by Alexander Krivitskiy on Unsplash

Yes, you’re right. That’s not me.

I didn’t put the photo up top. For a variety of reasons. One of which is its verticle orientation. The other is, maybe I’m not ready to have it flashed about. Or, maybe I want you to wait for it…

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