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 . . .

acts of clarity

Slow down: even with the ideas that come to quicky. Take the time to acknowledge the feelings that arrive, as they arrive.

 

Write it down. How else will you remember what you were thinking?

 

Print neatly. You hardly understand the thoughts at the time, why make it more difficult to comprehend weeks or years from now?

 

Follow your own logic; only you need to truly make sense of what is happening, or all that has happened.

 

Pay attention to the lessons of the past. Be mindful that not all are worth repeating.

 

Clarity. Make corrections as you go. Flaws become more difficult to correct the longer you live with them.

 

11/14/2024                                                                                                                  j.g.l.

November 11

cloud songs

             We exist, at times silently,

               comfortable in our invisibility.

 

                 Unnoticeably so.

 

             Unexplained. 

 

           We so know, or learn, when

                      it is time to speak up.

 

11/08/2024                                                                                                j.g.l.

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.

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Only Structures

Posted on November 13, 2024 by j.g.lewis Leave a comment

The city has no direction.

Even the streets take you nowhere.

 

Sprawling. Stopping. Rethinking, recovering. 

A destination as much as a distinction, home

to so many. Honoured by so few.

 

Only a place, only for a while, only to those 

who wish to be somewhere else.

 

Identity. Community. Immunity for some.

Isolation within a population, advancing beyond

the imagination of so many.

 

To be a stranger is to remain present.

Loneliness. There is always a place.

 

This search for significance takes us

to inappropriate places: this city is full of them.

Each street. Every building.

 

The homes we pass by, the contents of which 

we do not know; or understand. Only structures.

 

Will we find such a place where personal information 

remains private property? Is it natural 

or even possible?

 

Overlooking common sense, stigma, and the 

interpretation of others, can we arrive at a place where 

data does not exist?

 

How, then, will we document our days?

Who will keep track of our shortcomings?

 

 

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