Mythos & Marginalia

life notes; flaws and all

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  • impractical imagination

    Left brain. Right brain. A delicate balance. 
    A left-handed Gemini; no stranger to controversy, but
    I can’t take sides. I dart back and forth regularly between 
    a practical reality, where I must live, 
    and the fractured imagination where 
    I want to be. And I, a dreamer, know this. We all dream, 
    of course we do; there you find other people, and you. 
    Déjà vu.
    We’ve been here before.
    Pyjamas in bed, most of the time. Insomnia.
    You question the whys.
    Never settling for the answers, there is always another way.
    Another sleep (when else would we dream), another day.
    Imagination can soothe.
    Practicality will confuse.
    My imagination is as practical as my every day is creative.
    This is my choice, my voice, and where I choose to live.
    I’ve been here before.
    I will come back often.

    “An idea is salvation by imagination.”
    -Frank Lloyd Wright

    © 2018 j.g. lewis

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  • the ugly truth

    We can listen, now and again, and believe the answers and the reasons (or the truths) are right there, caught up in the commotion of the daily dread or tangled with the rancid emotions of what was said.

    Between the multiple-choice answers laid out, the excuses we make up, and a whitewashed history reformatted by ever-changing algorithms, we struggle with undisputed ignorance, illusions of someday, and the pumpkin-spiced-reality of all that is wrong with advertising.

    We try to take precautions because we have all become accustomed to impositions, disappointment, continual infringements on our privacy, and the errors of the day.

    The expansive nature of circumstances beyond our control have whittled down our objections to the lucid facts of fake news, arbitrary transgressions of those who should know better, and the next new thing.

    The ugly truth is that we follow certain hypocrisies and condone behavior that insults our fellow beings, and ultimately ourselves.                    

    01/05/2018. j.g.l.

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  • like this day

    Sixteen times per minute,
    twenty-two thousand breaths
    in a day. No time 
    like the present. 
    There are no other excuses, but 
    there are always other ways. 
    Breathe. Choose today 
    to speak up when you can, 
    push out the latent sorrow, 
    guilt, and anguish 
    only you can understand. 
    Inhale. There is no life, no 
    oxygen, like this day. Despite 
    our selected perceptions, 
    there is not a 
    single breath to waste.

    © 2018 j.g. lewis

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  • fresh start for 2025

    When you start from zero

    you are allowed, again, a

    perspective without a lot

    of unnecessary baggage.

    Make the most of it.

    Happy New Year.

    12/31/2025 j.g.l.

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  • starting over

    As we prepare to greet another year, looking ahead with both enthusiasm and uncertainty, it is an opportune time to reflect on what got us where we are. 

    Do not do so with regret. 

    What has happened has passed; the apprehension and anxieties that have dogged us in the past are better left unsaid. There is so much value in starting over. 

    In the process of rediscovering (even reinventing) who you are, find clarity in both your actions and intent. Disappointments and delusions will certainly have a say (they often do) but continue stepping forward anyway.

    2025 is a fresh start.

    May this coming year give you even more to think about. Enjoy each day.

    12/29/2024 j.g.l.

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