Jerry Downs - Why You Were Born

Why You Were Born is about remembering life as a child, why it was important to forget and how great it is to remember. It's about learning to let go of the burden of darkness in order to be able to feel light again.

Jerry Downs is an artist, photographer and writer who lives 10 miles North of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Rafael, California. His work has appeared throughout the world in books, magazines and museums. He was born the 5th of 11 children, had a horrible time in school and spent most of his life living hand to mouth trying to make a living and make sense of why he was born. Eventually he stopped trying so hard. Everything that has happened in his life has helped him understand that life is a creative act and joy is the only measure of success. He’s happy to be alive and enormously appreciative that anything exists at all.

51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera
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United States

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