Mythos & Marginalia

life notes; flaws and all


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  • shine

     

          light a candle
    for those who need to see
          be a candle
    and set your emotions free

    j.g. lewis

     

  • beautiful sight

    Unexpected adventure.
    Missed turn, an unplanned
    route to somewhere
    I’ve never traveled, in
    the middle of nowhere.
    A beautiful sight. I had to stop.
    Everywhere is somewhere
    to some one.

    12/19/2023                                                                             j.g.l.

  • line of sight

    “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. 

  • cloud songs

             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. 

  • crucial mission or message

    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. 

    12/10/2023                                                                                                   j.g.l.