HeyJaredEros Rising
Essays on creativity, perception, and the long arc from disappearance to authorship.
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Stoplights on the honor system. (opens the original)
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I’ve been forced to take a few weeks off from writing due to disaster clean-up. Not only did the tornado teach me something about force, it’s had me thinking about aftermath, and the sometimes enormous cost of power. I can’t think of a more horrible time to have a million thoughts and ideas about this… to be inspired to act through creativity by the very thing that has robbed me of the time to do it. I’ve always struggled with discernment around timing and implementing ideas. Processing through
I Think I’m Going To Be Sick (opens the original)
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Disoriented On My Way Home (opens the original)
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It’s a little over two weeks since a tornado hit our home in Northwest Indiana, and while I’m nowhere near being able to fully comprehend what’s happened, my mind is spinning as I sit quietly with what I’m seeing.I recently shared that as the tornado took a twirl around town, I was at the Studio, 26 miles away and in Chicago, painting a tornado. Our electricity, along with the water that had been shut off after a water main break, finally came back on this weekend. Making myself eggs on the stov
The Tornado Was Already Here (opens the original)
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Becoming Eros, on paperI chose this drawing for the first limited-edition print from Becoming Eros because it holds so much of what the larger body of work has become… life force.I completed the drawing of a tornado formed from ribbon and flowers, with hares leaping in and out, only weeks before an actual tornado hit our home. I’m not often sentimental about finished pieces. I take great pleasure in watching the work leave the studio and find its way into someone else’s life. But I considered ke
The Most Alchemical Part (opens the original)
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One of the things I’ve found most liberating about a tornado hitting our home last week has been posting quick off-the-cuff update videos on Instagram, looking disheveled and without editing software. Recording myself up close in the front seat of my car, gray roots and all, without prioritizing lighting or angles.The professional photographer in me hates it, but despite never understanding the video-yourself-in-the-car trend… I now get it. Talk about a quick, effortless way to tell a story and
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