With all the “Spock” stuff I’ve written about or watched lately – including Spock looks interesting 

There’s also a Leonard Nimoy, the Photographer of nude woman – as written up in the New York Times today in an article called Girth and Nudity.

“..Yes, Leonard Nimoy is more than happy to do it — the Vulcan salute, the gesture that launched a thousand spaceships. He does so easily, effortlessly: palm outward, fingers extended, the index and middle finger smashed together, the ring finger and pinky touching, the thumb sticking out on its own. “

But this post is about making a statement about the beauty of woman, regardless of what she weighs:

“…“The average American woman, according to articles I’ve read, weighs 25 percent more than the models who are showing the clothes they are being sold,” Mr. Nimoy said, his breathing slightly labored by allergies and a mild case of emphysema. “So, most women will not be able to look like those models. But they’re being presented with clothes, cosmetics, surgery, diet pills, diet programs, therapy, with the idea that they can aspire to look like those people. It’s a big, big industry. Billions of dollars. And the cruelest part of it is that these women are being told, ‘You don’t look right.’ ”

“….Initially, he was interested in replicating Herb Ritts’s popular image of a group of nude supermodels clustered together on the floor, and a Helmut Newton diptych of women clothed and then unclothed in the identical pose. Ms. MacAllister and some of her friends agreed to be his subjects. He then posed the women to simulate Matisse’s “Dance” and Marcel Duchamp’s “Nude Descending a Staircase.”

I’d like to see that photo!  I guess I’ll look at Leonard Nimoy’s new book – where I can see all his new photos.

Just a thought – time for bed – it’s been a long day and I’m not sure what I’ll dream about tonight – Vulcan’s or large nudes – or maybe both!