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“Detail makes the difference between boring and terrific writing. It’s the difference between a pencil sketch and a lush oil painting. As...

At first glance, a shelfie is a generous way to share your library of ideas instead of your silly selfie face. But at worst, shelfies...

Too Long at My Mac by Jann Alexander © 2011 Keeping up with the marvels of tech life crowds out the space we have for creative thought....

Ideas by Jann Alexander ©2014.jpg Brenda Ueland had a lot to say about creativity ; in fact, she herself was an inexhaustible fountain...

Why is creativity so lonely, even when we’re part of a team? Creativity is pre-destined to be lonely. We are all alone with our ideas,...

Find your way through life’s creative blocks. © Jann Alexander We’re creative. But you’re stuck. (Just like I was last week.) So I’ve...

Finding balance in the creative practice, circa 1926 Among the most thought-provoking pieces I discovered for the new feature I’m...

Get your creative mojo off the back burner  .  .  . When you’re just coming down from a huge burst of your creative output, you don’t...

So Long, 2013 by Jann Alexander © 2013 As the year ends, an unexpected prize is awarded to What’s Vanishing Next? and an opportunity...

Lightscapes / On the Lake, Austin by Jann Alexander © 2013 .    .    . There’s a complex explanation in physics for reflection....

Can’t Wait for Inspiration from B.E.Awesome Ideas in my blog’s Drafts folder are growing mold , since the shiny newest thing is always...

Success at day’s end “Like a parent with many children , I’d find it hard to name a favorite among my creative passions—Art, Design,...

“ It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene,...

From Wikipedia Commons As a child, I was either reading, writing or drawing (or some combination thereof), which is what I still mostly...