What shows
how little
we know?
What can be is
oft far less than
what we expect.
What is now
has never been
what it was.
07/25/2024 j.g.l.
value beyond
Simplicity.
Is there emotion in austerity?
Humanity?
What do you see when attempting
to define your limited visibility?
Minimalism, abstract impressionism
or incorporeal thought.
Less is more, but is it enough?
Texture, tone, and value beyond
your current scene. If you take it to an
extreme, you will question
what it means.
What is really there?
What line do you cross?
Can simplicity be complicated, or
should it even be attempted?
07/23/2024 j.g.l.
Mondays are just young Fridays
Things will not go as planned. Intentions will be disrupted, even overlooked, in the aftermath of an unexpected reality.
Where you are headed will not be the place you end up, undoubtedly or undeniably. No matter how hard you attempt to make each gesture, brushstroke, promise, prayer, or pastime as perfect as you believe it can be, many times you will not arrive at a perceived destination. All too often your endeavors never hit the mark; at times your work may be better than expected (celebrate those moments), but everything (even your judgement) is subjective.
You are not limited to, or by, the colours in your paintbox or progression of your process.
Imagination is as limited or expansive as you want it to be. Give it time to blossom; in certain instances, you may even have to reel it in. This is all about possibilities, no matter which media, method, or style you are beholden to.
You owe your art (or life) nothing but your presence; the value comes from the practice, as rudimentary or spontaneous as it is or will become.
07/22/2024 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.
Give A Fuck
Posted on October 1, 2021 by j.g.lewis
// 2 Comments
A year ago, a vaccine was only a hope.
Since then, we have witnessed that a vaccine is the biggest hope of lessening the effects, and the spread, of COVID-19 and its variants.
Science.
Right now it is the best chance we have of halting, or controlling, this disease.
Still, there are so many people who remain unvaccinated. It is their choice.
It is their sign of protest.
And yes, I am aware there are those who are not medically able to get the shot. This is another reason why we all need to get vaccinated: to protect your fellow human being.
The more people who are vaccinated, the fewer chances there are of a fifth or sixth wave of a global pandemic that has taken so many lives.
I’m not speaking as a medical professional or scientist. I’m not.
I am just a person
But, I’m a person who has had the required two shots, and I’m fully prepared for a third, or a booster, or an annual shot if that is required.
I understand that the biggest percentage of COVID-19 cases is now in the unvaccinated.
Why can’t you?
It’s time to give a fuck.
10/01/2021 j.g.l.
2 replies on “Give A Fuck”
In May and June I was traveling in Montana and Idaho; I saw few signs requiring masks (when I did, it was mostly First Nation businesses), and when I’d enter wearing a mask, people looked at me like I was an alien. Back in Oregon, I have a daughter who refuses to get the vax because she doesn’t believe they know what the long-term effects are — and this, after having been a drug addict on the streets taking in whatever drug she could in whatever means she could. She’s clean and sober now, working to help the homeless and drug addicted (giving back) and yet she has somehow arranged in her brain that taking a jab that could save herself or any number of others is not a safe thing to do. I have an ex who is extremely diabetic (adult onset) and yet doesn’t control his diet, gaining, it seems 20 pounds a year, suffering from neuropathy, having suffered several heart attacks, who, though vaccinated, won’t leave his house for fear he might get COVID. This is all to say that I marvel (and am stupified) at the configurations of thoughts a human being can go through to justify their actions, no matter what evidence exists to the contrary. It’s a control issue, isn’t it? For my daughter, she lost control of her actions for several years, and now she’s a control freak to the extreme. My ex has lost complete control over his eating but hangs on by a thread of control in his isolation. Meanwhile, I got my booster yesterday.
It is a control issue, yes, and unfortunately we need to allow these restrictions to control us.
I don’t buy into the conspiracy theories and bullshit that continues to spread. We have face so few “pandemics” in our lifetime; and we are dealing with this one at a time where science and medicine is more advanced than it has ever been. We have advantages now that we have never had before.
Yes, I do fel a loss of control, but if it keeps me safe, if it keeps my family from becoming ill (or dead), I will go with the best option that is available.
Glad you got your booster.
Stay safe.
-j-