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Jann Alexander
Oct 29, 20141 min read
So Simple, So Sweet, It Needs No Words
So Simple, So Sweet by Jann Alexander ©2014 And that’s a good thing, because it’s Wordless Wednesday. I wish I could say more. ♣ Get...
Jann Alexander
Sep 5, 20141 min read
Adventure Awaits Capture
End Is Nigh iPhone 5s Pano by Jann Alexander © 2014 “There is no certainty; there is only adventure.” —Roberto Assagioli Adventure...
Jann Alexander
Aug 20, 20141 min read
Nature Is Imagination Itself
Teton Aspens by Jann Alexander ©2014 “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands...
Jann Alexander
Aug 7, 20141 min read
Color Gone Wild in Maine
Summer’s gone wild in coastal Maine. It’s a short season for anything that blooms there, so the wildflowers make the most of it. ♣ See...
Jann Alexander
Jun 10, 20141 min read
The Naturescapes Shop Is Open for Art Collectors
Unfolding by Jann Alexander ©2013 Just like a plant that’s spreading its fan of color, my Naturescapes Shop is unfolding today—making...
Jann Alexander
Jun 3, 20141 min read
A Lesson in Patience on the Pier
Patience on the Pier by Jann Alexander © 2014.jpg “The greatest art is to sit, and wait, and let it come.” —Yogi Bhajan She was still,...
Jann Alexander
May 31, 20141 min read
Timing Is Everything
Water Under the Bridge by Jann Alexander © 2014 In photography, as in life, timing is everything. Shooting boaters from an Austin bridge...
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 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 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
May 2, 20141 min read
What Remains
Verse used by permission of K. Brobeck . iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2014 Practice patience, listen to the birds, contemplate the...
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...
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