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Jann Alexander
Jul 31, 20162 min read
When The Narrow View Widens Out, It Becomes Universal
The Narrow View | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2016 Behind the camera lens, you’ve got a choice. Your view can be narrow, focused...
Jann Alexander
Apr 6, 20161 min read
A Lesson In Perspective
When You Can’t Change The View Water Over The Dam by Jann Alexander ©2016 Change Your Perspective Another Perspective: Water Over The Dam...
Jann Alexander
Feb 21, 20162 min read
15 Ways To Succeed While You’re Hunting Agents
You’ve finished your epic novel and you’re querying agents. (You haven’t written an epic novel? No matter. Applying for a job? Same...
Jann Alexander
Jan 29, 20162 min read
Ordinary Actions And Memorable Reactions
For every action, there is a reaction. Which makes choosing the right actions pretty important, even when the actions are pretty...
Jann Alexander
Dec 30, 20152 min read
2015 Measured By What You Liked Best
You voted with your eyeballs for your favorite Pairings this year ( Thank You! ), and your eyes revealed that my posts about the creative...
Jann Alexander
Dec 20, 20151 min read
Tis The Season For The Gathering To Begin!
Now’s the time to gather the shiny ornaments . . . iDecorations iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2014 To gather the sugar and butter...
Jann Alexander
Jul 13, 20151 min read
Rewards on A Rainy Day in the Maine Woods
Walking through the Maine woods on a rainy day . . . Along the Curtis Farm Trail, Rainy Day iPhoneography Panorama by Jann Alexander...
Jann Alexander
Jun 1, 20153 min read
Inspired By What’s On The Way
The Passing Train at Sunset by Jann Alexander ©2015 “It’s the journey, stupid.” —Variation on a 1992 campaign phrase attributed to James...
Jann Alexander
Mar 7, 20151 min read
Orange on Corduroy Like Flies on Rice
Glowing Orange Corduroy by Jann Alexander ©2015 Here’s a Few Ski Tips. Why should the visible surface of skis have all the fun? With...
Jann Alexander
Feb 12, 20151 min read
Living Life in the Details
Green in Maine by Jann Alexander © 2014 Happy Flowers by Jann Alexander ©2014 Done In Maine by Jann Alexander ©2013 “A life is lived,...
Jann Alexander
Jan 22, 20151 min read
Growth Behind the Scenes
Cascade by Jann Alexander ©2015 “Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little she achieves her work.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson One...
Jann Alexander
Nov 19, 20143 min read
Where Do Ideas Come From? Crazy Places
Inspiration and creativity are some pretty crazy bedfellows. Plenty of more philosophical and scientific minds than mine have devoted...
Jann Alexander
Sep 17, 20141 min read
Finding the Light at Day’s End
As the sun sets and daylight wanes, the most magical palette lays down color on everything a camera can capture. From golden time to...
Jann Alexander
Sep 10, 20143 min read
Knowing When to Stop
When to Stop Art by Jann Alexander ©2014 Hemingway was notoriously negligent with his drinking, his wives and in the end, his own life,...
Jann Alexander
Sep 3, 20143 min read
How to Create Just to Create
Having trouble getting into the studio to create? Here are a few tried-and-true tricks I’ve developed. Trot these out when you need that...
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 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 10, 20141 min read
Mirror Images
“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.” —Ernest Holmes Mirrored, No. 1 by Jann Alexander ©2014...
Jann Alexander
Jul 29, 20141 min read
Shimmering in the Late Sun
Shimmering River Birches by Jann Alexander ©2014 The late afternoon sun was heading towards sundown, and a cool coastal breeze added to...
Jann Alexander
Jul 21, 20141 min read
There Is Truth In What You Paint: Yours
#JustPaint Poster ©2014 JannAlexander.com if you’re a painter, and it’s part of your soul and the way you breathe, you know it, and...
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