Art and thoughts by Roger Vincent Jasaitis

This Speaks My Mind

  • 60 Seconds of Peace, An Autumn Meditation

  • Seeing Art

    Did you ever notice how artwork becomes invisible? You hang it on your wall and it looks great! After a month or so it has disappeared. You don’t see it any more. It has become part of the furnishings. This is the way of our visual interpretation of the world. We tend to notice new…

  • Selling Out

      I remember reading a story (which may be apocryphal ) that Rembrandt decided to go into print-making so that the average person could afford to have his art on their walls. Art is not only for the rich. I have always been sensitive to this and have strived to keep my prices and payment…

  • why i wuz a punk

    The movement started as a backlash against the overproduced, overly theatrical, big money, big label music scene in the late 1970s. It was about getting back to the roots of rock & roll with an honesty of intent. A no money, low tech approach to creating music. It did not start as fashion or style,…

  • Saying goodbye to an old friend…

    I have dragged this Panasonic Lumix camera (the one on the right) through hundreds of miles of forest, mountains and beach over a period of ten or more years.  From Quebec, Canada to the Florida Keys, from down east Maine  to the redwoods of California, from Spain to Ireland it has been a trusted companion.…