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Jann Alexander
May 28, 20141 min read
Harmony With a Twist
In Panama City Beach, Florida, clouds find harmony with the setting sun’s palette in a daily dance that twists from sea to sky. ♣ A few...
Jann Alexander
May 26, 20141 min read
On Searching for Brilliance
A Twist on Fall Color by Jann Alexander © 2014 “The gift of an image is that it provides a place to watch your soul.” —JAMES HILLMAN...
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...
Jann Alexander
May 15, 20144 min read
How to Talk to a Photographer Like She’s an Artist
Artists with cameras are trying to create something that’s fresh, new, distinct. It’s what creative people do—no matter the medium.
Jann Alexander
May 14, 20141 min read
Nature Shows Us How to Be in the Moment
Pampas Waves by Jann Alexander © 2014 Nature is rarely still. Witness the waves of pampas grass, always on the move thanks to a...
Jann Alexander
May 10, 20141 min read
Finding Zen in the Wild
Not So Coy by Jann Alexander © 2014 There’s nothing too coy about koi. Perhaps because they’re not much more than common...
Jann Alexander
May 5, 20141 min read
Pretty in Pink But Thorny as Thistle
Pretty in Pink by Jann Alexander ©2014 Ahhhh spring blooms. So lovely, so many masquerading as weeds. If the tenacious, thorny Texas...
Jann Alexander
Apr 30, 20141 min read
Mexican Hats Are Back!
Lotsa Hats by Jann Alexander © 2014 Every spring the Texas Hill Country wildflowers I await most fervently are the vivid, colorful,...
Jann Alexander
Apr 21, 20141 min read
The Delights and Perils of the Spanish Dagger
When it’s ready to throw up its March bloom, the Spanish Dagger’s magnificent flower always comes out on top. The thick-leaf yucca...
Jann Alexander
Apr 18, 20141 min read
A Pot of Gold On Top of the Badlands
A Pot of Gold in the Badlands by Jann Alexander © 2012 As if the Badlands in South Dakota aren’t breathtaking enough, a rainbow...
Jann Alexander
Apr 7, 20141 min read
Color Riot on Aisle 9
Color Riot by Jann Alexander © 2014 The day may be dreary and distinctly unAustin-like, but my local Sprouts did its best to incite a...
Jann Alexander
Apr 6, 20142 min read
How to Awaken the Creative Spirit
Awakening by Jann Alexander © 2014 “May our heart’s garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.” —Thich Nhat Hanh Captured on...
Jann Alexander
Apr 2, 20141 min read
How Does Nature Inform Your Art?
Centering by Jann Alexander © 2014 Nature inspires Being centered is the best place to be when you’re making art. Nature enlightens...
Jann Alexander
Mar 30, 20141 min read
Divergent in Photography and Thought
Choices by Jann Alexander © 2014 With apologies to Robert Frost: Two canals diverged in a field, and I – I focused on the most alluring...
Jann Alexander
Mar 21, 20141 min read
Reflections: Like a Mirror Unto the Soul
Mirrored Lily by Jann Alexander © 2014 Reflections are easily found in nature. Reflections upon oneself, within one’s soul: not so...
Jann Alexander
Mar 11, 20141 min read
Perspective from a Wildflower’s Vantage Point
Outer Space Flower by Jann Alexander © 2014 From a Texas Hill Country wildflower’s vantage point, March means spring is in the...
Jann Alexander
Mar 3, 20142 min read
Has HDR Gone Too Far?
From the No-HDR Zone: Sunset at the Pier by Jann Alexander © 2013 When was the last time you looked at an HDR photograph and thought,...
Jann Alexander
Feb 11, 20141 min read
Trapped By An Attraction To Light
Setting a Trap by Jann Alexander © 2012 “I look at light: how it plays, bounces, delineates, colors, dances and defines by its abundance...
Jann Alexander
Jan 22, 20141 min read
Mirrored By Nature
On the Lake by Jann Alexander © 2013 What man has made of steel and concrete becomes beauty when mirrored by nature; and the mind can...
Jann Alexander
Oct 22, 20131 min read
A Restorative Walk in the Woods
Restorative, Arkansas Woods by Jann Alexander © 2013 “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. “ — JOHN MUIR ,...
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