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Jann Alexander
Aug 27, 20143 min read
Blogging Rocked My World—And Showed Me the Greater Good
Tell a lifelong news junkie she can’t read the morning news? Anathema. Since high school, as newspaper editor, my wakeup routine was...
Jann Alexander
Aug 24, 20142 min read
What Does Your Favorite Color Say About You?
The Train That’s Not Running by Jann Alexander © 2013 Ah, orange. Even when it’s fading away on an abandoned boxcar in a South Dakota...
Jann Alexander
Aug 21, 20141 min read
A Monochrome Moment on a Gray Day
A Monochrome Moment in Maine by Jann Alexander ©2014 “In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” — Aaron Rose...
Jann Alexander
Aug 19, 20143 min read
Practice Awareness to Tap Your Creativity
Finding Zen by Jann Alexander ©2014 The benefits of being mindful are many and well-noted. But perhaps not so acknowledged is the way...
Jann Alexander
Aug 11, 20141 min read
How Creative Thinking Improves Quality of Life
Achieve a few goals with creative thinking, and you can improve your quality of life immeasurably. Here are three proven methods.
Jann Alexander
Aug 5, 20142 min read
Death Becomes Us . . . on Social Media
When it’s time to play my great deathbed scene on social media, it might just go something like this. Scene: hushed hospital room, sole...
Jann Alexander
Jul 25, 20141 min read
Bring On The Heat, Austin!
Made in the Shade by Jann Alexander © 2014 It’s summer in Texas, so you make for the shade to find your favorite hammock, and let...
Jann Alexander
Jul 23, 20141 min read
Remnants of the Pretty People
Remnants at Zach Scott | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander ©2014 Leftovers, after all of the pretty people have gone . ♣ Wordless...
Jann Alexander
Jul 14, 20142 min read
When the iPhone Camera Yields a Surprise (or Two) Inside
Surprise Inside by Jann Alexander ©2014 Looking closely through the camera lens, I discovered a surprise inside. The shiny red bromeliad...
Jann Alexander
Jul 5, 20142 min read
Collecting Eye Candy for Inspiration—and Fun
Oysters as Eye Candy by Jann Alexander ©2014 Eye Candy. It was the way I described San Francisco, the first time I was there. Later, it...
Jann Alexander
Jun 30, 20143 min read
Putting Contrast to Work with Your iPhone
Contrast on the Waterfront by Jann Alexander ©2014 My iPhone 5s makes a pretty spectacular camera . In fact, it’s the best camera on...
Jann Alexander
Jun 25, 20143 min read
Are You Important Enough to Have Writer’s Block?
Setting by Jann Alexander © 2013 Paul O’Dwyer :“What are you writing?” Pete Hamill: “Nothing Paul, I think I have some kind of block.”...
Jann Alexander
Jun 22, 20143 min read
Finding My First Sweet True Love
Beautiful That Afternoon Later, I painted what I missed while reading. ©2014 Jann Alexander I was lucky to never lose my first true...
Jann Alexander
Jun 21, 20142 min read
What’s Your Creative Personality?
Do you recognize your creative personality from among these eight types? Road Trippin’ by Jann Alexander © 2014 The Traveling Creative :...
Jann Alexander
Jun 15, 20141 min read
When Serendipity Makes Your Shot an Image
Serendipity at the Lobster Shack by Jann Alexander © 2014 “It’s a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you...
Jann Alexander
Jun 14, 20141 min read
Finding That Sweet Lagniappe in Photography
Orange on Milkweed by Jann Alexander © 2014 It never fails to happen. Like white on rice, you fail to see, and then you do. You move in...
Jann Alexander
Jun 13, 20146 min read
Ask Yourself Six Questions to Skyrocket Your Creativity
Skyrocket Your Creativity Jann Alexander © 2014 “ It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease...
Jann Alexander
Jun 8, 20142 min read
Why Cities Are Ideal for Creative Voyeurs
All of us who practice the creative arts are voyeurs. As writers, we use our imaginative powers to conjure up insights into others’...
Jann Alexander
Jun 5, 20142 min read
My Room With a View
Room with a View by Jann Alexander © 2014 Is is not every writer’s dream to have a room with a view? A room just for writing needs not...
Jann Alexander
May 23, 20141 min read
Creativity Throws Plenty of Twists Our Way
Twisted by Jann Alexander © 2014 I don’t really believe in ‘directions’ in art; the rope twists as you follow it, that’s all. —GRAHAM...
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