Mythos & Marginalia

2015 – 2025: a decade of days

a daily breath

  • Mondays are just young Fridays

    I seem to spend more time reviewing the camera manual than I do shooting with the damn camera.
       With my new camera, about six months ago, I have already enjoyed many hours capturing the sights and my surroundings at all hours of the day. There are several images I’ve created over the months, of both people and places, that I’m especially proud of.
       I make an attempt, as often as I can, to practice a craft I have spent much of my life studying.
       But I want to learn more.
       I continue to establish what has often been trial-and-error proficiency in the craft, and art, of photography. It is what I do, and have done.
       It is about finding value in what you do and how you live.
       Involve yourself in what you can, find the lessons or the learning as you go, in everyday experiences. It becomes a rewarding challenge as you broaden your interests with a new topic, or focus deeply on what gives you pleasure
       Not everything is immediately enjoyable, but with a concrete focus you might see greater possibilities.

    01/30/2023                                                                                                 j.g.l.

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  • the influence

    There are a handful of albums that signified a change in music in the late ‘70s. Many of those albums were British, but you could hear an immediate response — even revolution — from a select few American bands.
       Television was one of those bands, and Marquee Moon was one of those definitive records.
       You didn’t hear the music on the radio, not in the middle of the Canadian prairies, so I listened to it intently on the stereo at home.
       In the years that followed, I could hear the influence of Television’s singer, guitarist and principal songwriter Tom Verlaine on other bands of the time; even on the radio. I still hear it now.
       Tom Verlaine passed away yesterday at age 73.

    01/29/2023                                                                                          j.g.l.

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  • you wait

    killing time
    without concern for
    productivity
    nothing to prove
    nothing to see
    you wait as only
    you can
    killing time like it
    means a damn

    01/27/2023                                                                                   j.g.l.

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  • Mondays are just young Fridays

    Yes, I will stumble; as I am prone to do, as I have many times before.
    Perhaps it is my nature?
    The patterns, throughout my life, are evident. Despite my trials and honest attempts to change my ways, I continue trying to define where I am or what I will be in this life.
    Writing it out seems to be the only way I can sort out my thoughts.

    01/23/2023                                                                              j.g.l.

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  • sound and songwriting

    David Crosby has been a strong voice in my musical atmosphere for more than four decades.
       When I was 12 years old, the album 4 Way Street was left behind at our home after one of my brother’s parties and I became lured into the world of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Through the years, more albums by the quartet, or solo albums by individual members, or in parings or trios would find their way into my ever-growing record collection.
        CSNY were all musicians that demanded attention because of the sound and the songwriting. Crosby, along with Graham Nash, provided the soaring harmonies on so many beautiful songs of an era.
       Sadly, this week, David Crosby passed away.
       His legacy remains. You can still hear it.

    01/22/2023                                                                                        j.g.l.

     

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