Mythos & Marginalia

2015 – 2025: a decade of days

a daily breath

  • behind the lens

    I have spent much of my life on the other side
    of the camera. My parents encouraged (or put
    up with) my interest in photography from a
    young age. I’ve studied all aspects of the craft
    from composition to darkroom techniques
    (and I’m still learning), have worked with small,
    medium, and large format film, embraced digital,
    imaging, and have had the privilege of earning
    a living as a daily newspaper photographer.
    I’ve covered news, sports, fashion, entertainment,
    politics, and everything in between, spending my
    time lugging around an over-equipped camera
    bag and never noticing the weight.
    I’ve taken a camera with me everywhere, and
    still do to this day, and there is one thing I have
    come to know . . .
    A camera will take you more places
    than you take it.

    j.g. lewis

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  • 07/20/2023

    In a New Moon’s aftermath it
    seems darker. Only a few days
    shy of a night which slipped my
    mind, the focus seems less clear
    now than it was then. So much so
    that I neglected the importance
    of the event.
    Until today.
    Seemingly detached from my
    emotions, and the many phases
    of my being, I remain caught up
    in the issues of the days; if not a
    certain uncertainty of my ways.
    It seems I have greater concerns
    than a moonless night that will
    resolve itself in a matter of days.
    Maybe today.

    j.g. lewis

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  • Mondays are just young Fridays

    What matters is not the trends of the time, the size of your bank account, or an ability to categorize or compartmentalize feelings or current state of mind.
    More than that, you need immediacy.
    What matters is that you are there for yourself; with that you are better able to deal with your own emotions or those of a friend.
    In that you are present.
    Focus.
    Find your space.

    07/17/2023                                                                                       j.g.l.

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  • acceptance

        It is what it is.
    You are what you are.
        It can change.
    You can change.
        Boundaries will change.
    Can you, will you, accept that?

    07/16/2023                                                                                           j.g.l.

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  • normally or naturally

    I am trying to remove myself from any added pressures so I’m trying to move at my own pace. Normally, however, my pace is somewhat greater than it has been.
       Consistency, I feel, is important.
       I have, normally or naturally, been fairly predicable; even in the most unpredictable ways. I feel I need to be less so, or maybe my concerns need to be less predictable. Especially when those apprehensions are not always my own.
       Maybe that is my lesson: your pace need not be predictable, it only needs to be your own.
       Lately, I’m feeling like I own too much of the pressure and that it has become an expectation of me to do so.
       So, I’m trying to deal with it.
       I suppose, in the process, I am trying to lessen all my expectations of (or on) myself.
       Expectations lead to apprehension.

    07/13/2023                                                                         j.g.l.

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