INTERVIEWER: __Nice Collective

SUBJECT: __Jody Jock

HOMETOWN: __Las Vegas, Nevada

ARRIVAL DATE IN SF: __Valentines Day, 1997

TITLE OF INTERVIEW: __It's Only Mountains

WHY: __Mostly for freedom but also because there is this feeling that you can touch the sky just by extending your hand.

SELF TAUGHT: yes no AND/OR ART SCHOOL: yes no __art school dropout

PREFERRED MEDIUM: __Photography

DATE OF COLLISION WITH BROTHER BRAMM: __Fall 2006.

INFLUENCES: __Scott Treleaven, Anthony Goicolea, Brother Bramm, Elijah Burgher.

RELIABLE ‘GO TO’ FOR INSPIRATION: __My headphones

FAVORITE BAND: __Prince and The Revolution

FAVORITE BODY PART (YOUR OWN OR ANOTHER’S): __Genitals (I am Scorpio after all)

TURN ONS: __Booty-calls, roleplay, aggressive sex

TURN OFFS: __Dates, small talk, tweekers and scenesters

GAY: yes no QUEER: yes no N/A: yes no __queer but gay friendly

SCREEN NAME: __lambsandflowers

ALTER EGO: __Silent, sad & dominate

CATALYST/REASON FOR YOUR WORK: __I take pictures because they last longer. I take pictures to connect with people. The time I spend with a model is likely the only time I will spend with that person. I therefore only choose subjects that I am interested in connecting with.

CURRENT PROJECTS: __online magazine: Prayers for Children; personal zine: 10 ov Swords; video and still portraits

WHY NOW: __Now because yesterday I was hella busy.

FUTURE PROJECTS: __Fashion editorial for Nice Collective ;-). Future projects include further development of my current projects.

WEBSITE(S): __www.jodyjock.com, www.prayersforchildren.be I also blog my outtakes and current portraits and videos at www.lambsandflowers.blogspot.com

LIKELY LOCATION ON A TUESDAY AFTERNOON: __On my hands and knees hustling for dollars

LIKELY LOCATION ON A SATURDAY NIGHT: __The 24-hour doughnut shop on Market and Van Ness

WHAT IS YOUR CREATIVE INTENT: __My creative mission is to heal my inner child.

WHAT MAKES YOUR WORK UNIQUE: __I do not believe my work is unique - I see all of my heroes and influences in my photographs.

HOW DO YOU DEFINE A SUCCESSFUL PIECE OF WORK: __I feel successful as an artist when the viewer can understand my idea. To me a successful piece of art communicates it's intention.

WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND BROTHER BRAMM: __Keith (Brother Bramm) is a friend of mine. I call him my brother and kiss him on the lips. I got close to him because I admired his work. He is my teacher, my guide in the digital realm. I love him.

A. PORTRAIT:

B. SAMPLE OF WORK:
I am submitting an example of my work that represents me as an individual. It is a portrait of an artist I admire and is called "Dedicated to Christ Consciousness". I am very fond of this portrait because it is the first that I took after realizing what it was I was trying to say for the past few years. Violence as a metaphor for enlightenment.

C. SONG, TEXT, OR IMAGE:
"The first is Kether, the pure being invented as an aspect of pure nothing. In his manifestation, he is not one, but two; he is only One because he is 0. He exists; Eheieh, his divine name, which signifies "I Am" or "I Shall Be" is merely another way of saying he Is Not; because One leads to nowhere, which is where it came from. So that the only possible manifestation is in Two, and the manifestation must be in silence, because the number 3, the number of Binah-Understanding-has not yet been formulated. In other words there is no Mother. All one has is the impulse of this manifestation; and that must take place in silence. That is to say, there is as yet no more than the impulse, which is unformulated; it is only when it is interpreted that it becomes the Word, the Logos."
From The Book of Thoth by Aleister Crowley