light a candle
for those who need to see
be a candle
and set your emotions free
j.g. lewis
“To photograph: it is to put on the same
line of sight the head, the eye and the heart.”
-Henri Cartier-Bresson
Undoubtedly over the coming weeks, people will pull out their mobile devices and cameras more than they usually do to capture the moments as they unfold (I know I will).
These pictures of family and friends, places you visit and destinations you travel to, become the sights and lights of the season that will forever form memories in your heart.
A photograph can do that.
Enjoy each moment.
12/17/2023 j.g.l.
Know when the day stops and
the darkness begins, the difference
between mistakes and sins.
This is the shift that arrives with
the night, where questions rise up
or wonders take flight.
There is incessantly an answer, excuse,
or an alibi. We balance between
acceptance and explanation, and
still we wonder.
12/12/2023 j.g.l.
I’ve been thinking a lot about peace lately.
I always do this time of year — usually referring to December as the season of peace — but given the conflicts and chaos around the globe, my thoughts are running deeper.
We need a deeper peace, everywhere, at this time. I keep seeing the signs, but I’m not feeling it like I usually do.
I need to try harder.
Each of us needs to do what we can to foster peace, promote peace, acknowledge peace, or live in peace where we can, however we can. I know it sounds overly optimistic, but we need to try.
Love thy neighbour has never been a more crucial mission or message.
Familial love, spiritual love, physical or romantic love, or friendship, has never seemed more important to me.
To you I offer peace and love in whatever form you will accept it. .
I give my peace to do what you can to make today a little better than yesterday.