Art and thoughts by Roger Vincent Jasaitis

This Speaks My Mind

  • Lost and Found

    “Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” Henry David Thoreau This last week while rummaging through some old boxes I came across this painting “Daybreak”. I painted this in 2008 and promptly forgot about it. I don’t know why this happened. It is unusual for me to forget about a work.…

  • Cruelty and Compassion

    Recently I was driving a shuttle bus for Landmark College students. Landmark College serves students who have a diagnosed learning disability (such as dyslexia), or other learning difficulties such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). I had dropped the students off to shop locally earlier and was now returning to pick them up to return to campus.…

  • The Dissolution of the United States

  • Looking Deeply

    Do you look deeply at art? In other words, do you see what you are looking at? This takes effort from the viewer. To place oneself mindfully (I love that term, using your full mind) in the present moment and critically viewing and feeling the emotions that rise. Noticing the details…   To learn more…

  • The First Selfie

    1982, I snapped this photo of Nancy and myself at her ballet dance studio. This was before auto-focus or auto anything…manual focus, aperture and exposure on her old Minolta. The first selfie of us, in a mirror, when our love was young and we were in our twenties. Today, Valentine’s Day, is our 30th wedding…