2018 Time to focus
Hello everyone. With the help of www.midstatedesign.com I have integrated my personal website and my artworks website (www.schererworks.com). I have also created a link to my new Jeffrey Scherer Artist Facebook page. Why am I doing this? There is a simple reason: I...
Articles not Blog Posts
"I hate the word blog. If I am pushed, I will push back." —Ursula K. Le Guin (from interviews on Oregon Public Radio). I too dislike the word blog. I have decided to retire my "blog" called www.espiritudemerida.com in order to consolidate everything into my personal...
Watching and Thinking Time
Maybe then I can extend my watching and thinking time and jettison some of the negative influences of the on-line world.
Remaining Inside the Dream
And I will continue to worry about the “great ones and the small ones.” This great-and-small is, for me, a unity of the grand and small that sparks life.
Mérida, Yucatán, México Home For Sale
In my previous blog post, I mentioned that Lea and I will be relocating to Portland, Oregon. This was a very difficult decision and one that we pondered for a long time. But for personal reasons, we are reluctantly selling our home—custom designed by us. That blog...
Home for Sale
Lea and I will be leaving our beloved home in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico and moving to Portland, Oregon. Because of that, we have put our home on the market. This is an...
Painting is Propaganda
I have embarked on an adventure to paint whatever I want and as much as I can—and to give it all away. When I decided to retire, I knew I wanted a focus to take me into the next chapter of my life. I had to retrain my brain from running a business for so long. I also...
Collisions
Leaving oneself is a bold act that can not be undone. 2018 marks the beginning of my 8th decade on this planet. I have moved linearly through time—and along that journey I have collided with many folks. Some of these collusions have bruised me; others have...
2+0+1+8 = 1+1 = 2 = L O V E
As with anything, we make our own story and lives by how we interact with others, ourselves and those we don't even know. Our actions, large and small, impact those we see and can not see. 2017 (or 11 or 2) was a tough year for me and, I realize, many others. Not...
Ghosts, Mort Karp + Wittgenstein
I believe in ghosts. I know it may sound a bit crazy. Every since I was a little boy, I always looked for ghosts. Some of my ghost were friendly—others very scary. But soon, at about age 6, I realized that if I confronted the ghost directly they no longer would bother...
Dogs, Coke and Cleanliness
This photo was taken at my father's Texaco Service Station located at 5600 Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The likely date of the photograph is 1953 when I was about 5 years old. This is the same age as my granddaughter, Olive Soucy, today. In the picture are...
2018: Stepping Away to Step Inside
After reading Maria Popova's recent blog post, In Praise of the Telescopic Perspective: A Reflection on Living Through Turbulent Times, I was reminded that at the end of each year we collectivley try and assess the year's events and attempt, through resolutions,...