Working a model liberated me from ever having to hold a day job. I transitioned from doing that to working full-time as an artist. If you're 19 and living cheap, being an artist model can sustain you. I dropped out of college at 21 and my illustration hadn't yet taken off. It is more than working in a store. It is a hard way to make a living but you earn more than in a similarly unskilled job.
Molly CrabappleA womanโs beauty is supposed to be her grand project and constant insecurity. Weโre meant to shellac our lips with five different glosses, but always think weโre fat. Beauty is Zenoโs paradox. We should endlessly strive for it, but itโs not socially acceptable to admit weโre there. We canโt perceive it in ourselves. It belongs to the guy screaming 'nice tits.
Molly CrabappleI came in as an established artist. People were hiring me for what I did and for who I was. I think that has given me a vast amount of leeway; I feel so lucky that I came in that way.
Molly CrabappleI think treating a model as nothing but a collection of tendons is done to lessen people's discomfort with the fact that they are looking at a naked person. They think it makes the audience and model more comfortable. But that was not the case when I modeled and I find that others agree. I feel that the sexual component is essential. I feel it is much more objectifying to be a table than a beautiful naked girl.
Molly Crabapple