I have been working for a long time as a full-time artists' model in Japan, and more recently working part-time in the UK.

Experienced artists are used to seeing the nude, but beginners sometimes feel uncomfortable with me in the nude. Especially when I open my legs to create interesting, dancing or unusual shapes they can get slightly upset, or show too much curiosity about my crotch.

I wonder if their feelings come from social context (people wear clothes in public) or biological instinct (the crotch is for elimination and copulation). I think most of the time people are playing their roles in shared stories such as capitalism and nationalism. 'People wear clothes unless when taking a shower or having sex,' seems to be one of the shared stories, especially in the West. In Japan, there is another naked occasion, in the public bath. Playing roles in context is of course necessary for the healthy society, but that doesn’t mean we have to let society control our feelings.

How do you feel with this picture? How do I feel? Well I'm happy!