We like to think of ourselves as having a little artistic nature here at The MurdockMan and as such like to express that in a few creative endeavours. On occasions we have been known to take in a local life drawing class in order to hone our draughtsmanship but a Murdock friend who spends every day of their week doing such things at a celebrated art school has also gained some extra little lessons in the behaviour of the human body. Whether these are of any value is highly debatable.
Lesson 1: Erections arise at the most inopportune moments
Sometimes they happen when you wish they wouldn't, sometimes they don't happen when you wish they would. When you are the male model in a life drawing class you'll probably be wishing it won't. You're being paid to hold the same pose after all. However, we have been told of such a moment. A young gentleman had the strength to control most of his body to stay in the same position for up to an hour but didn't quite have the same command over that notoriously single minded body part. Although he did try his darndest not to affect the artists sketches, he was offering them more of a lesson in capturing movement than still-life; up and down, up and down. As his face turned the same shade of red as his penis had grown he rushed from the room to rectify the situation so as the issue would not arise again. He came back into the class and held his pose. This time it didn't waver.
Lesson 2: Bodily functions happen, regularly
And sometimes more mature gentleman make loud sounds (and other strong sensory stimuli) continuously. Just keep on sketching.
Lesson 3: Some people really don't care about being naked in any situation
Normally when you're a nude model for the day in between classes you wrap up in a robe to have lunch and a cup of tea. However, we do know of one chap who would only ever wear a very small piece of cloth which he would wrap around his waist and not quite cover himself. This practically nakedness did not cause him to readjust his thinking in terms of personal space. For when the whimsical art school students, all good, clothed, friends, decided during a break to launch on top of each other in a jovial pile-up, they weren't expecting the model and his precariously wound loin-cloth to jump on too.
Lesson 4: Always be a gentleman
With all this natural human behaviour on show, the well-dressed artistic gentleman should not be embarrassed nor snigger but take it all in his stride and think of himself as lucky. He came thinking he would receive a lesson in drawing the human shape but has also received a little lesson in human behaviour. As well as far more conversational matter than he could have hoped for.