Author Archives: Jack

“I hated this photo. I hated this moment. I remember it so vividly. Before this photo was taken my friend asked me to do something that, at first, seemed so trivial—and yet, it was so much harder than I could have imagined. I had asked him to help me remember this time in my life. […]

Meet Blue and Rusty. Two tiny souls abandoned in a desolate field, trembling and huddled together for days, trying to survive the unknown. They had no idea what they’d done to deserve the fear, the hunger, the loneliness. I found them sheltering inside a broken crate, soaked and silent. Their eyes spoke louder than words—confused, […]

In the quiet halls of Cowbridge Grammar School in South Wales, 1946, young Anthony Hopkins often sat apart from his classmates—lost in his own thoughts rather than joining in their laughter. He wasn’t good at schoolyard games, nor did numbers come easily to him. Teachers sometimes labeled him as slow, but Anthony wasn’t broken; he […]

If the part of your brain is working where sensitivity is generated, if you still have it there, this photo has to make you feel something. It doesn’t matter the species, I look at it and I know what it’s feeling. It’s called “empathy.” … They did NOT choose the role they play in this […]

“My Daughter called me in a panic a few hours ago because she had just gotten paid, deposited her check & went grocery shopping & got all the way back to her house before realizing she had accidentally left her wallet in a shopping cart. After driving all the way back, searching carts & asking […]