Jen Wojtowicz
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Artist, Art Teacher |
| Location | Upstate New York, United States |
| Introduction | I am an artist, married to the most wonderful human being on the planet, mother of three gorgeously smart and beautiful children, one age 18 years and one 4 years old. Our youngest is an angel in Heaven. I teach art to artists who have developmental disabilities. My older brother, Wally Wojtowicz, has autism as well as ALS. His resilience, love of life, kindness towards others, grace and dignity in the face of the circumstances life has presented him with have been the greatest positive influence in my life. I mean, we all have to get through all of the minutes of all of our days here and some of them are really painful, frustrating, boring, scary or humiliating. But if we can remember to come from a place of love for ourselves and others we will not be defeated by our circumstances. |
| Interests | art and creativity, redemption, the human condition, the mysteries of existence and the universe, the nature of our souls,peace and social justice, the wonders of the autistic mind, nature and how to live in harmony with it. |
| Favorite movies | Thelma and Louise, the Piano,Malcolm X, anything by David Lynch, Persepolis, The Terminator series, Children of Men, The whole X-Files series, Signs, Bubba Ho-Tep, ... i could go on and on... |
| Favorite music | Inkog and Mr. Gone, Patty Griffen, K-OS, Tom Waits, Mississipi John Hurt, Ani Difranco, Johnny Cash, Regina Spektor, Nina Simone, The Stanley Brothers, |
| Favorite books | Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Letham, anything by Margaret Atwood, The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, The Love and Rockets series by Los Bros Hernandez, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Autism and the God Connection by William Stillman, Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith, Cal by Bernard McLaverty, Assata by Assata Shakur, 100 Demons by Lynda Barry, anything by Coleson Whitehead...I could go on forever... |
When you hesitate before hitting snooze on your alarm clock, are you being lazy?
No. What I am is holding on to the dream state. Or loving being close to my husband and the baby in our cozy bed. Or else dog tired.