1963

Abandons ballet and modern dance lessons. Takes jazz dance lessons. Starts painting and drawing classes at the Art Students' League after school, summers, and weekends. Starts part-time free-lance fashion modeling (through 1965). Piper attends the March on Washington. Reads Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, Franz Kafka. Listens to Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, The Weavers.