Mythos & Marginalia

life notes; flaws and all

j.g. lewis

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A thought du jour, my daily breath includes collected and conceived observations, questions of life, fortune cookie philosophies, reminders, messages of peace and simplicity, unsolicited advice, inspirations, quotes and words that got me thinking. They may get you thinking too . . .

this season

A little cold, little wet,

a little tired and yet

I am here. Still,

full of wonder.

The morning chill leaves

little to the imagination

and much less

to hope for.

Expected, perhaps, as it

always is, this time, this

season is only what

we ask of it.

11/21/2024                                                                                                                    j.g.l.

Mondays are just young Fridays

The answers are far less certain

than even last week, to all those

perennial questions or solutions

you might seek.

 

What do you believe, or 

what do you believe in?

 

Come Monday, you have fewer 

questions than you had last week.

For a while there are less doubts

in what you believe. 

 

Whom do you believe in,

and who believes in you?

 

11/18/2024                                                                                                          j.g.l.

deception

We want to know what
we don’t know, or hadn’t thought of,
or forgot.

What mattered then,
or what mattered when, shifts over time.
We notice.

Perception is what you don’t see.
Deception is what know.
You see it differently through your aloneness.

The truth behind a lie,
you question how and why.
It made sense.

Anticipation keeps us waiting
for only so long. Will it matter
if you felt it never did?

 

© 2021 j.g. lewis

I'm like a pencil;
sometimes sharp,
most days
well-rounded,
other times
dull or
occasionally
broken.
Still I write.

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is a writer/photographer in Toronto.

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Tipping Point

Posted on March 1, 2020 by j.g.lewis Leave a comment

Each day we are bombarded with news of CONVID-19; two more cases were reported in Ontario overnight, and in the past week we’ve heard more about the elevated spread of the coronavirus in Korea, Italy and Iran.
China remains the most infected country, and the source, of the worldwide epidemic, but each time another country posts another case our fear increases.
Globally, more than 80,000 people have been infected. Last Friday the World Health Organization upgraded the global risk of the coronavirus outbreak to “very high” – its top level of risk assessment.
It becomes less likely, daily, that the virus can be contained. So, when will this virus move from an epidemic to a pandemic?
In his 2000 debut book, The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell used the premise of how an idea spreads like a virus. The book, considered a “must-read” for businesses and marketers (and a thoughtful read for anybody else) explains the elements required for an idea to hit critical mass, and then go viral when it hits the tipping point.
You cannot help but think of the virus Gladwell originally wrote about in his book. You cannot help think about CONVID-19.
When will this outbreak reach the tipping point, or has it already?

03/01/2020                                           j.g.l.

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