 From 1928 to 1935 he was a member of the Seven and Five Society, becoming well acquainted with Ben and Winifred Nicholson, Jim Ede and many of the artists and collectors that were associated with the group.In 1932 the underlying stresses and memories from his time in trenches, and which were revisited in the course of writing and creating the first draft of "In Parenthesis", took a heavy toll and Jones suffered a severe nervous breakdown.This prevented him from painting for several years, and delayed publication of "In Parenthesis".