<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[My Site]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Site]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:20:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Blame the Mirror]]></title><description><![CDATA[We ransom ourselves. This piece asks who holds the scissors? We blame the mirror for what we reflect." This  piece examines our cultural...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/blame-the-mirror</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684f0c0cb078c39a1ab87cca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 18:35:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_7779fcfb30a644ab8cbba3093fc57b60~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[With Every Dividing Cell]]></title><description><![CDATA[An invisible world lives within us—biologically and ideologically. Every second, the human body produces 2 to 3 million new cells. This...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/with-every-dividing-cell</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684f03e8b078c39a1ab867a9</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 17:48:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_190d4c8aabc940c791239ca17caf89fd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never Sip My Thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mixed Media: made mostly from coffee, permanent marker, and one dollop of blue watercolor. No matter how we describe it, I’ll never taste your coffee; just as you’ll never sip my thoughts. This piece began with a simple idea that carries profound implications: we can never fully know what another person experiences. Even something as ordinary as a cup of coffee is filtered through our unique senses, memories, and emotions. The same bitterness, the same warmth, becomes a completely different...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/never-sip-my-thoughts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6907db94064f940c7140d099</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:30:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_8bacf81072264f2baeffc474123fd417~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purple River]]></title><description><![CDATA[This sketch is another example of the negative impacts of overinvestment in ideology. While ideologies bind us to a group that provides acceptance and a sense of belonging, they also blind us to other perspectives. They create a space where we are right and others are wrong. In 1967, Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai wrote: From the place where we are right Flowers will never grow In the spring. Our country is more divided than ever. From my point of view, both political sides claim to defend the...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/purple-river</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6907c951bb9a5281a8ae380a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 21:23:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_3bfd6761506f4eeb92d7ea9b54c966b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between the Bars we Built]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lately, I’ve been thinking about how people and groups believe they’re fighting tyranny, only to end up caged by their own ideology. It’s...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/between-the-bars-we-built</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e950a051f676ec2abf1381</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:33:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_8b748e4aa42949d29efef163ed4a48a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The waiting room of the Midwest]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a stretch of land in western Minnesota flat, functional, industrial. Grain silos tower over two-lane roads, rusted fences hug...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/the-waiting-room-of-the-midwest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e2b22e68fa888a143f4bf0</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:27:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_b26b795ef69f4f129582543219e76ce2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blooming Past Belief]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lately, I have been thinking about how belief systems are like containers. For most of my life, I lived inside one. It gave me structure,...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/blooming-past-belief</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688d1af6b00b0ea0c7408fed</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:00:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_a582935323914910ac540f2b12234111~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roots Can Grow Wings]]></title><description><![CDATA[This piece began as a response to a dream my sister had. In the dream, an egg cracked open in her hands, and the bird inside died in...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/roots-can-grow-wings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686fd4feac041791c784a497</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:03:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_c96b2fa6710648aa95d778e8bb427e25~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath the Boundary]]></title><description><![CDATA[I visited Jeffers Petroglyphs in western Minnesota 40-acre site preserved by the Minnesota Historical Society since 1966. The land holds...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/beneath-the-boundary</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68658a37c2f09b9e73626c26</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:38:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_236fc600ce0646bcb0ce99ff47625e3a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deus Ex Machina Interview]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s safe to say that AI is the biggest advancement since sliced bread, or maybe since fire. The implications ripple through every layer...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/deus-ex-machina-interview</link><guid isPermaLink="false">685f06f97d12e91fd9bf47f6</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 21:32:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_b29ee236c571444197ea5cc5f674e7ab~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Incubation Overload]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all long for meaningful connections, yet we live in a time where the norm is maintaining countless superficial ties, most of them...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/incubation-overload</link><guid isPermaLink="false">685ece5690d92f5ea2b4a92d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:03:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_a3566f706d84437694c2631f8d80de10~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spores on Parade]]></title><description><![CDATA[This doodle appears to be an exploration of how technology and nature coexist and how a mycelium network mirrors that of a worldwide...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/mycelium-madness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68583443e4efc856986b102c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:50:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_2a52b2531d754fbf8afd4607ba163d2c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_863,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're Fooling Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let’s face it: as humans, our behaviors are often irrational, impulsive, and unpredictable. Like, why did I buy that Chumbawamba CD in...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/you-re-fooling-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6510704b9c0c98b0c7437db3</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2023 17:22:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_84e66c502c7b4e88a0aa046b1be50f7e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoa We're Halfway There!]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Jeremiah Jones Whoa, we're halfway there. Imagine looking out at an island across the lake and thinking, "I could swim there!" I was a...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/whoa-we-re-halfway-there</link><guid isPermaLink="false">650d0d2f9191e5f3875fe1e1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 03:42:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_a5d44302b87e4b2cb3d87f9194f89c19~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_236,h_353,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have the Time of Your Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Jeremiah Jones Many of us wake up every day and let our busy schedules dictate our decisions. We try to keep up, but time marches on...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/have-the-time-of-your-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">650b79fd25cbd97454a8574d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:02:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_46832a1726ac418593fe87897ed0dfeb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Future Guy's Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Jeremiah Jones Have you noticed that you set goals to save money, get fitter, eat healthier, or eliminate unhealthy habits, yet the...]]></description><link>https://jjonesy23.wixsite.com/mysite/post/future-guy-s-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">650a1f64bd34a9440b2d0c1e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:23:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/487447_9a82fe818f11465eb16f84be7d27fa24~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_357,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>jjonesy23</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>