I'm like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.
j.g. lewis
is a writer/photographer in Toronto.
Month: December 2017
Exist within your own power.
Be vulnerable
to the shades of life, and
your place within an
ever-changing atmosphere.
Not always comfortable.
At times you will
feel despondent, it is
only natural. There.
Now. Find challenge in
discomfort and confidence
in the heartbeat
propping up your soul. Now.
There you will find
an innate rhythm to share,
not freely, but not
encumbered by fear. It is
within your own power.
12/19/2017 j.g.l.
Posted on December 18, 2017 by j.g.lewisLeave a comment
We’ve all grown up surrounded by advertising.
In print, billboards or placards, or through radio or television – and, now, in any vacant spot they can fill on any digital device you get your hands on – we are bombarded with product and price.
It’s pretty easy to become immune to it all. It has to be especially effective to grab your attention; and only the shocking or extraordinary does.
Good advertising has you reaching for your wallet.
Great advertising pulls at your heart.
There is one particular commercial that sticks out in my mind, especially this time of year.
I remember the first time I saw it in about 2005. With a mother’s voice singing Silent Night, the commercial shows a series of adorable babies, fast asleep. Gentle, serene faces with eyes and mouths twitching ever so slightly, as babies do.
All is calm.
I remember watching, my eyes transfixed. It was generic, non-specific advertising, where you don’t even know it is a commercial for Pampers disposable diapers until after the main message appears on the screen at the end: Peace on Earth.
I know my eyes welled up, then, and every time I saw the commercial in the years following.
I know I remembered standing over my own infant daughter, decades earlier, and realizing all that was beautiful and right with this world.
I know it hits me hard, this time of year, because my child was born a week before Christmas.
Today, and evermore, I wish her Peace on Earth.
Image ©Pampers
Posted on December 17, 2017 by j.g.lewisLeave a comment
First the question, then the answer.
It is logical. It follows an order.
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Thought is important, but doesn’t
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question. It’s not always easy, but
every answer is correct.
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