A.J. Brown

A.J. Brown is a self taught, deaf artist with a neurological condition that resembles cerebral palsy who works with acrylics, pencil, charcoal, pen, pastels, felt pen, collage, and her cat. A.J. has also written, produced, directed and edited a video. A.J. considers creativity to be an expression of her soul voice so that others can hear and respond to her. She feels that art connects her to her spiritual self. My Voice: A Journey of Creativity, Courage and Hope is her new book. With humour and gentle wit, A.J. Brown shares her inspiring life journey. She offers hope for anyone facing illness, disability and other life challenges. She feels we all have great wealth inside or a gift. She chooses to share this wealth through poetry, art and stories. Her message is about finding your own voice and seeing beyond limitations to the love and joy all around.

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A.J. Brown's work is also part of the Visual Art Exhibit, Extraordinary Lives in the Exhibit Hall.

About A.J. Brown’s book:

With humour and gentle wit, A.J. Brown shares her inspiring life journey. She offers hope for anyone facing illness, disability and other life challenges. We all have great wealth inside or a gift. She chooses to share this wealth through poetry, art and stories. Her message is about finding your own voice and seeing beyond limitations to the love and joy all around. This is a personal book that has inspirations for living life - no matter how it is presented to you!
The book’s ISBN is 1 4120 1596 0.
The price is $30.70 C, $24.49 U.S.

About A.J. Brown:

A.J. Brown had a brain injury during birth. This brain injury caused her to become Deaf and to have something that looks like Cerebral Palsy. As a result, she has difficulty speaking and using sign langauge coherently. However, she uses a portable communication device which speaks for her, when she types out her words in written English. She uses email and sign language interpreters to communicate as well.

If you want to order this book.... you can: Visit the webpage at www.trafford.com/robots/03-1973.html
phone: 250 383 6964 v
1 888 232 4444 v
fax: 250 383 6804
write: Trafford Publishing
Suite 6E, 2333 Government Street
Victoria, BC V8T 4P4