About

I am Jenn.

I am a model/nude model, a muse, a photographer, a writer, a poet, a musician, a film-maker, a thinker, a single mother.

And I REALLY like Polaroid cameras.

Music is very important to me… both personally, and as inspiration for things I create.   I especially love SHOEGAZE, BRITPOP, PUNK, POST-PUNK, CLASSIC ROCK, ALTERNATIVE ROCK, and CLASSICAL, including the following acts, to name just a few…..

The Cure, Interpol, Foreign Cinema, Duran Duran, The Smiths, The House Of Love, Slowdive, Xiu Xiu, Ride, Hearts Revolution, Postcards, M83, Windsor For The Derby, The Church, Brett Anderson, The National, Cocteau Twins, Suede, I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, Sigur Ros, Joy Division, Fleet Foxes, The Shins, New Order, Chapterhouse, Edith Piaf, The War On Drugs, Chad VanGaalen, Bat For Lashes, The Black Ghosts, The Ting Tings, British Sea Power, Glasvegas, Magnet Fields, The 6ths, The Red Paintings, Lou Reed, The Dandy Warhols, Editors, Beirut, The Dresden Dolls, The Sex Pistols, Air, The MWPE!, Depeche Mode, Roger O’Donnell, The Kills, Blonde Redhead, Lush, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Clash, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Raveonettes, Shout Out Louds, Lily Allen, Sonic Youth, A Weather, Berlioz, Mozart, Bartok, Tchaikovsky, The Beach Boys, The Bravery, Death Cab For Cutie, Mogwai, The Velvet Underground, The Decemberists, The Devils, Franz Ferdinand, Peter Bjorn and John, Morrissey, Nada Surf, Nirvana, Muse, Hole, The P-Furs, Radiohead, Scarling, Death In Vegas, The Silversun Pickups, Smashing Pumpkins, Elastica, Souixse And The Banshees, The Temper Trap, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Knife, The Daysleepers, Air Formation, Cut Copy, Ladytron, The William Blakes, Phantogram, Bethany Curve, Pulp, The Stone Roses, Adorable, and many more….

AND HERE ARE “36 FAVORITE THINGS”……one for each year of life, so far:

36) Greek, Indian, Latin American, and Italian food

35)  classic Hollywood screen sirens such as Greta Garbo, Louise Brooks, Gloria Swanson, The Gish sisters, Theda Bara, and Edna Purviance

34) Katharine Hepburn, George Sand, Amelia Earhart, and other strong women who lived like men

33) BRITISH comedies

 32) 18th Century, Victorian, Edwardian, and Bohemian clothing/style/decor

31) androgyny

30) colored, vintage, or shaped VINYL albums

29) shoegaze

28) antiques, history, doorways to a past time….

27) flappers and the “roaring” 1920′s

26) freshly ground coffee — FRENCH PRESS or TURKISH, please

25) ABSINTHE — the magical, mystical green drink of poets and artists! ah, la fee verte!

24) HONESTY!

23) the magic of photography, the moment I press the button and “freeze time”

22) the ocean

21) Getting in the car and just driving — to nowhere in particular

20) handwritten love letters, or other hand-crafted gifts of love

19) questioning EVERYTHING

18) the smell of freshly cut grass

17) stockings, garter belts, and vintage lingerie

16) a man who is not afraid of FEELINGS. and if a man can CRY in front of me, I will marry his ass

15) rising above the BAD people who have come into my life by just…being  BETTER than them

14) a powerful and well-crafted poem

13) Kurt Vonnegut, my favorite author and my hero

12) sleeping in late

11) hours spent lost in woods, lakes, streams, rivers, mountains. nature saves me

10) creating something completely new - an ORIGINAL idea

9) the story that each scar on my body tells

8 )  the person who will actually LISTEN to each of those stories someday

7) people with BIG, SEXY…..BRAINS

6) NATURAL physical beauty.  be yourself, and cherish what makes you DIFFERENT

5) exercise/health/being in shape.  nothing is sexier than taking care of oneself

4) HOPE

3) the perfect Polaroid

2) ART, in all of its forms

1) Lana   x

 Welcome to my world.  Or at least, a small glimpse of it…

Jenn, TPA.