Jem

I Never Painted Dreams. I Painted My Own Reality.

Mountain Life. Iphone 12 Pro with iColorama app.

I never painted dreams.

I painted my own reality.

I paint self-portraits

because I am so often alone,

because I am the person

I know best.

So absurd and fleeting is our step through this world, that only leaves me at peace knowing that I have been authentic, that I have managed to be the most similar to myself.

— Frida Kahlo

  • Stop Worrying About How Much You Matter And Take Advantage Of Your New Freedom
    Whether you’re feeling irrelevant from a recent retirement, job loss, relationship change, or another big life event, don’t despair. Stop worrying about how much you matter, and take advantage of your […]
  • The End Is Where We Begin From
    What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we begin from. — T. S. Eliot
  • Just Relax. It’s Not A White Flag Out The Window
    how can we point at a horizon yet still fear death just relax it’s not a white flag out the window it’s my new panties I will never surrender — Caconrad […]
  • Lakes And Rivers Are Excellent Teachers
    Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountains, and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than what we could learn from books. — […]
  • Thank You Being Born My Daughter
    I don’t know how to help you but please remember. Love you Thank you being born my daughter. — Kim Seong Eun and Cindy Juyoung Ok from poem P. S. Please […]
  • Lake Havasu Days
  • What Seems Set In Perpetuity Can Be Instantly Changed
    One continuously positive idea I’ve carried from my early years is an ever-expanding notion that the past does not create the present — that what seems set in perpetuity can be […]
  • Be A Person Of Value
    Back road in Arizona. Photograph by J. McCluskey iphone 6 with iColorama app Try not to become a person of success, but rather a person of value. — Albert Einstein
  • Seek Out What Makes You Feel Good
    Lake Havasu. iphone 12 Pro iColorama app Seek out what makes you feel good and forget the rest. — Story Waters from Medium
  • Drink Heavily With Locals
    Crow Bar at Shoshone CA. Iphone 6 with iColorama app by J. McCluskey Drink heavily with locals whenever possible. — Anthony Bourdain Topock Bar, Topock AZ. Photo by J. McCluskey iphone […]
  • Make As Many Mistakes As You Can Handle
    Parker Strip AZ. Photo by J. McCluskey iphone 6 with iColorama app I’m old now ask my advice all I have to offer is make as many mistakes as you can […]