Jocelyn Woods

Jocelyn Woods is a poet, mystic, artist and model with a severe (rare and atypical) neuromuscular disease. Unable to stand or walk, Jocelyn has been semi-bedridden for 9 years, having experienced many excruciating illness on the threshold where life and death kiss, only to emerge with highly refined revelations and the passion to transmit them to her global brothers and sisters:



Amongst poetry, mystic revels, musical and visual expressions of myriad kinds, my passions for pushing the boundaries of Art and refining expression to the Highest Orders has led me to have a sudden upswelling, surging desire to create my first modeling portfolio...

It is my fervent wish to utilize my "crippled" body to illustrate and document the naked core of existence, specifically by experimenting with the fluidity of matter as experienced when one remembers their divine origins. I would like to portray, through an ongoing collaborative project, my encounters of Erotic Union with the Divine--highly sexually charged "raptures" that unveil the blinding core of being.

To go beyond the procreative urge, beyond even the societal concepts of the sexual revelation, to manifest a Sexual Apocalypse, in the original Greek meaning of apokolipsis: to unveil that which had been hidden; to disrobe."



FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/ResurrectionofPassion



TUMBLR: http://www.ecstasyofacripple.tumblr.com



MEMBER of The Guild of Erotic Artists


MEMBER of Model Society: a celebration of human beauty


PRESS RELEASE -- "Disabled Woman Sparks Sexual Revolution"
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/10/prweb10074062.htm

A disabled woman, semi-bedridden by a severe neuromuscular disease for nearly a decade, emerges to launch a controversially explicit erotic art collection entitled “Ecstasy of a Cripple: The Resurrection of Passion,” geared to shatter societal perceptions on disability and sexuality.

Cambridge, VT (PRWEB) October 31, 2012

Jocelyn Woods, 27, born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), has launched a global fundraising campaign (indiegogo.com/ecstasyofacripple) and will pose nude and semi-nude before the lens of Atlanta-based photographer/artist Thomas Dodd to document orgasmic raptures experienced in what she describes as “erotic union with the flaming core of the Divine.”

Woods, unable to stand or walk and requiring attendant care for daily living, is receiving global support and acknowledgement for declaring an unprecedented sexual revolution. Carl Barbarotto, author from Washington D.C., remarks “[Ecstasy of a Cripple] is mystic truth with those who have ears to hear and eyes to see."

Within days of launching the IndieGoGo campaign, a flurry of letters flooded in response to her call to raise $5,639 by November 4. “Voices rise up in praise across the earth,” says Woods, “as the imprisonment and suppression of themes deemed ‘taboo’ are released. While society has established the trend of hiding disability behind closed doors, I prefer instead to use my crippled form as a vehicle of expression. The disrobing of my flesh is the proxy by which an international cry of freedom is being celebrated.” Supporters include Playboy Model Alex van Zeelandt, Broadway legend and feminist Reverend Wanda Richert and New Pre-Raphaelite Movement founder Anna Louise May.

SMA is the number one genetic killer of children before age two. “Statistics are self-fulfilling prophecies held in place by societal belief systems,” says Woods. “The bottom line is, authentic expression heals. We are the cure we’ve been waiting for.”

"It is thrilling to see other women with disabilities embracing the beauty of our crippleness,” says Maria Palacios, polio survivor, writer and performer of The Vagina Manifesto at Sins Invalid.

If the team reaches their funding goal on IndieGoGo, shooting of the project is planned for November and December, with fine art pieces delivered to sponsors by March 2013. Themes and titles will include the following: the crucifixion and resurrection of the divine feminine, incorruptible matter (mater), immortality, ascension, the fusion of life and death, “A Dance of Veils,” “Maiden of the Apocalypse” and many more, all inspired and directed by Jocelyn’s mystic encounters.

Dodd remarks in anticipation, “Jocelyn is a very unique and compelling individual and I am excited to be working with her on this project because, like me, she seeks to unravel that exquisite combination of the erotic and the divine in her work... I believe that the images we create will be bold, erotic, challenging and above all memorable.” Mythological and religious themes abound in Dodd’s work, sometimes with a twisted tongue-in-cheek approach, and at others reverently paying homage to the Old Master traditions that influence his vision. His new Erotica series will be his most explicit yet.

“Sexuality as currently defined by humanity is but a shadow of its true magic,” muses Woods. “Suppression results in degeneration into perversion and the artificiality of pornography. When sexuality's dormant capacity is awakened, it reveals the divinity within humankind.”


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"Jocelyn's work epitomises truth in art; that fundamental quality that elevates creativity as a direct means of soul expression. The New Pre-Raphaelite advocates all forms of art and creativity and through use of all mediums accessible to her, Jocelyn demonstrates clearly that art is not confined to a specific type or style and that genuine art is measured by the truth it expresses. Ecstasy of a Cripple is a wildly inspirational concept and Jocelyn's work is not just beautiful but original, unique and exquisite."
--Anna Louise May, Founder of the New Pre-Raphaelite Movement

"Beautiful and inspiring project."
--Alex van Zeelandt, Playboy Model

"Mystic truth with those who have ears to hear and eyes to see."
--Carl Barbarotto, Author, Washington D.C.

"Jocelyn is a very unique and compelling individual and I am excited to be working with her on this project because, like me, she seeks to unravel that exquisite combination of the erotic and the divine in her work...I believe that the images we create will be bold, erotic, challenging and above all - memorable......"
--Thomas Dodd, Photographer/Artist