Brian Jerome Paintings

"The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it... Maybe that's enlightenment enough—to know that there is no final resting place of the mind... Pe...

The itches your body has before you fall asleep. The movements of your arms leg and neck that cannot find comfort. hearing and knowing the world is still all around you outside.

a life long struggle to be the best you can be and to forgive yourself for the mistakes you made on the journey

look at the piece. read the title. take it for what it means for you, or dont. enjoy the painting or dont. i am so tired of having to fill in these boxes to publish. if you would li...

completely exhausted: physically, emotionally dry. to feel like a squeezed lemon. but the lemon zest still exists intact to offer brightness.

What matters is how well you walk through the fire.

The future is a hopeful sense that everyone and thing is safe, but deep down, we know that we may lose what we have, who we love, what is "normal" now, in an instant.

a state where a threat, stressor, or physical presence feels perpetually impending and unavoidable. It conveys a sense of constant anticipation or unease because the subject remains ...

The word originated in the 13th century from the Middle English per aventure, adapted from the Old French par aventure, literally meaning "by chance". The prefix per- (through/by) co...

a state where the only thing that remains consistent is the fact that everything is fleeting

To relate to the fundamental nature of being, existence, or reality of being.

yourself between a rock and a hard place. autonomy of who were vs who you are vs who you want to be.

Sometimes life constantly feels like a never ending hallway. every once in a while here is a door ahead. that door may forever to get to and it might lead to another hallway. always ...

so much can be lost in language. one words choice of words may not convey and be interpreted by another's ears.

attempting to accept the tangible and realness of what is one's own physical limitation and the same to building life forward

sometimes in life we have to trust the bridge that we tried to build to get to the next part of life. even if that bridge feels uncertain and integrity is uncertain in design.

the attempts of commitment and promises to others and neglecting the balance of what is possible

its a phenomenon, we can still see outside if we are in a room with no windows and when we close our eyes. being confined to the subjective self but aware of all the world, time and ...

The length of time to travel to any destination, for weddings or funerals, is factual true. but once there, you are "here" even though it once was "there"

The moments and fortune of catching up with a close friend after years of life experience and separation. the shared and connected moments of the mirrored events that you both went t...

It can be too easy, and too often, to give one's self up to care and overly empathize with others without a valid and secure response back.

Continuing to move forward in life, at the same time aware of the repercussions

Existing in the contemporary world, it can easily be agreed that, no matter your stance, opinion, difference between all things in between, it keeps getting worse. scarier. Desensiti...

The song is written. its good. play it your own way and dont get yourself down.

The time that moved forward from the memories and time experienced, makes up the moment in real time.

Regardless of what decision and action, the importance of reflection and taking responsibility for your own place in outcomes and not blaming outside factors alone.

Moments when you have to clench your hands, muscles and teeth in order to push through and make it forward.

Remembering moments that were so very close to horrific, but the fortune to live in the probability that it did not.

We can all ignore seeing our own traumatic experiences in others as the brain tries to protect our emotions. Inevitably you will have to face it to be there for others and simultaneo...

According to the internet: Cherophobia, derived from the Greek word "chairo" meaning "to rejoice," is the fear of happiness or an aversion to activities that could bring joy.

grace and forgiveness are long sought after. when it does exist, it may feel underserving.

The memory of your life story can become broken and disconnected from moment to moment in self narrative. Once in a while there can be a beautiful moment of clarity and connection in...

The luck to end a year and enter a new one. After enduring the story of struggle of existence thus far, and having a moment of clarity to just accept the beauty in the hardships.

Entering in mid adulthood, actions are made. whether a career commitment, parenting, partnership, etc. it can be reactionary. but it is without repercussion and impossible to "redo" ...

A continuous, and assumed, accidentally ignorance of seeing ones existence separate and passing others, as they do you, and missing the connection of experience and conversation.

Even though it easy to get stuck and ruminate on the past, life does not wait and continues in a forward trajectory.

Contemporary life is so packed with more complex chaos on top of a personal existence. its ever increasing seems to make it harder to sit down and remember what has happened and what...

being in the moment, living it in. beginning to end. the was, were and will be. all at the same. and its weird.

simply about realizing that living and existing is existing in an unprecedented future based on so many variables. but we grow up thinking that there is a path, and our elders try to...

every year goes on. being and caring and listening to others, whoever and how close you are and care and empathize and sympathize and take in, and as the world does and society does,...

waking up everyday we automatically go through the day based on the lessons and life or experience from all the days before. but each day it gets different and less recognizable. sam...

i have a punishingly vivid memory of places, moments, occurences. a lot of them are great or benign. but the hard ones are equal. and i hope to always use those memories towards the ...

i have been so fortunate to witness a lifetime eclipse and lay on a cold beach looking at stars and worrying about missles while holding hands with another26

Remembering reliving the nostalgic memory of your past, who you are now, but have no idea who you will be3500

the past looks like a tunnel when you turn around, but its important to find comfort and understanding in it to sleepthe past looks like a tunnel when you turn around, but its import...

The world was once and still seen as the wild and the civilized. colonialization and the development of the world post argues that they will bring peace to the places that were once ...

Trying to come to terms with consciousness and time. how we change and try to remember all the memories now not as trusted as once was.

if reincarnation or a loop in quantum time exists, it could not compare to what it has been in this experience.

We can only perceive and control so much as a human. Yet we all constantly demand more to avoid the inevitability of time.

Everyday we wake up in a room. It's the same, similar. but its different. and every time you wake up in the room there are more memories.

Listings with rich descriptions are 40% more likely to sell and this was made 3 months leading up to my divorce.

It is so easy, within our nature and defense mechanisms to get so heated, riled up, loud and confrontational, that we can forget what we are trying to stand up for, argue for, and th...

The last year of my life, and life in general, has been a whirlwind of experiences. In a physical sense, I was fortunate enough to travel and show my work around the country and wor...

Life is a long journey of harshness, honesty, brutality and mistakes. But it is validated in the experience and in the recognition of the the finite.

There is so much in not only dealing with existing, but the endless chaos and factors surrounding and stimulating whatever this is. As I've gotten older its been harder to find the n...

My best friend always told me i have black eyes. They are dark, but black eyes dont exist. Everyone with brighter eyes told me the light hurts their eyes and head. Life only hurts m...

Moving, restarting, unboxing, organizing, all to start the right way after all previous experience

Sometimes life and existence can feel like a prison. you dont know when it started and where it came from. hopeless can feel real. but there is still always what you were wondering t...

Memories of being 5 and my dad showing my the Kingston Trio and Harry Belafonte and him singing along. I miss that.

The drive from Philadelphia to my hometown, York, used to seem like an eternity 16 years ago. As time has flown by, so has the drive. What once seemed like most a day, is a blip of...