Mythos & Marginalia

2015 – 2025: a decade of days


a daily breath

  • Mondays are just young Fridays

    Week to week our priorities often change, with or without dedicated thought or demanded intention. In hindsight, you recognize it simply happens.

       What you did or didn’t do last week (or the one before) has only as much significance as you award it.

       Sure, plans are made, dates are changed, and personal situations are altered in an effort to accomplish or further an ambition or desire that may (or may not) be obviously less important now than it was then.

       But when did it change? Or why?

       Or was it you who, after slight thought or idle consideration, determined the truth you were seeking is not as important as what is now, anyhow? 

       So, while plans change, certain ideas are likely to remain that might be better left for another day.

     

    06/24/2024                                                                                                            j.g.l.

  • subtle details

    It is just a moment.

       It’s one of the many moments you will experience throughout the day, if you take the time to notice.

       We move too fast, too often, in our daily life. The places we must go and tasks we must perform — or obligations we are committed to —  tend to overwhelm us. 

       We are ever-conscious of our required duties, but less observant of life as it passes by.

       Take a moment or two, here and there, throughout the day to observe the subtle details. Ignore the demands and observe a few of the little things that may seem unimportant at the time but bring about a small sense of self.

       It is mindful meditation in the simplest form, but it will provide a small shred of balance to this busy life.

       Stop, just for a moment, and look.

       Feel the simple satisfaction that comes with knowing where you are.

     

    06/20/2024                                                                                              j.g.l.

  • 06/19/2024

    be gentle with your self

  • Mondays are just young Fridays

    Our impressions of what art is, or how we perceive any form of artistic expression, may change by the minute, with the medium, or be modified by our mood.

       What may be discounted one day could reveal itself in the next to be an abstraction of genius, or an even bigger mess.

       Judgement routinely varies with thought.

       Perspective is altered.

       Perception is not always accurate.

       Subjective thinking pays little heed to fact, form, authenticity, or taste. Feelings simply arrive (often unaccounted for) and may stick with you, become your muse, or be ignored the next day. Yet the art remains.

    06/17/2024                                                                                                      j.g.l.

  • still we rise

    We are all expanding
    and evolving; spiritually,
    mentally and physically.
    Organically. Individually.
    Naturally
    we encounter barriers,
    circumstance or
    undue conflict,
    and still we rise.
    Occasionally we
    cross paths with
    other souls who help us
    to see and believe
    we are moving
    in the right direction.
    We are nourished
    by their presence,
    however temporarily.
    Growth is good. Sharing
    in the advancement
    of the human spirit
    is even better.
    Grow when you can,
    assist others
    when it is possible.
    Individually
    we are strong,
    together
    we are powerful.

    © 2018 j.g. lewis