Life in the clothed lane

While posing nude, True and Pugh serve as an inspiration to artists. But in their everyday life, nudity takes on dimensions unknown to a flat canvas. \nTrue hesitates before telling a male she poses nude because the responses have shown an ignorance that frustrates her.\n"I also work at a food court because modeling is not steady work," she says. "Usually I'll tell somebody that initially, especially if I meet a guy. In the past I've mentioned I've modeled nude, and I've always gotten the line 'I do some drawing and painting too.'"\nAlthough Pugh does not receive the same line from women he meets, his interactions with his friends have changed slightly since his unconventional employment.\nWith a laugh, he recalls the time when, a few weeks ago, he went skinny dipping with some of his friends. Someone suggested they play Truth or Dare.\n"Normally, in the adolescent realm, the point (of the game) is to get people naked," he says. "We already had our clothes off, and it was odd to see that social norm eradicated ... we didn't know what to do, so we just ended up talking. It's weird how people live their lives"