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What most creatives know about happiness is this : If they can’t create, they can’t be happy. Here’s to the thrill of the creative effort...

Holiday Expectations by Jann Alexander ©2013 I was so certain I’d have those cowgirl boots under the Christmas tree that year. After...

What a city of contradictions is Austin. Old butts up against the new, old is lamented when exchanged for new. The town’s a shiny magnet...

No matter your learning style , there’s more than one way to skin the creativity cat. Take a look at the wealth of tools offered in this...

All Tricked Out For The Holidays Vanishing Austin —the ongoing photography series that tries to stay ahead of the wrecking ball—is...

Eternally Attracted to Color and Texture  by Jann Alexander © 2013 — Found: An oft-painted warehouse wall, pitted, cracking, alive with...

Grunge on Avenue G by Jann Alexander © 2013 For photographers, the grungier, the rustier, the more lonely a subject is—the better. We...

Blessings at the Spoke by Jann Alexander © 2013 A broken-down bus that long lived at Austin’s famous honky-tonk shows some respect for...

Artist’s Poem by Jann Alexander © 2013 Ain’t no sunshine. It’s a dreary, dull, drab, gray day. A day that demands a wing and a prayer...

The Eyes Have It by Jann Alexander © 2013 Today’s Treat: Supernaturally blue eyes, no Photoshop applied. Just a trick of the lens(es)...

The Pattern of Change by Jann Alexander © 2013 It takes a whole lotta cranes to hoist up a new Marriott in downtown Austin, where...

Lost Horizon by Jann Alexander © 2013 “Horizon. The space or line where the sky meets the earth.” There’s a place along Maine’s Casco...

Is it finished?  ShimmerScape by Jann Alexander © 2013 It’s often hard for a painter to know when to quit.  I’m facing that question...

Restorative, Arkansas Woods  by Jann Alexander © 2013 “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. “ — JOHN MUIR ,...

First Encounter: Greetings from Austin, 2004 by Jann Alexander [Mural: Todd Sanders © Roadhouse Relics] It was still spring in Austin,...

Where the Elite Eat by Jann Alexander © 2103 What could be tastier on Mondays than 2 for 1 Burgers at The Elite Cafe in Waco, Texas?...

It Was Beautiful That Afternoon , oil on canvas by Jann Alexander © 2013 A summer cycling trip through Idaho, approaching the Grand...

From Movies to Books by Jann Alexander © 2013 Americana Ad, Austin History Center When Austin’s Americana Theatre  held its gala opening...

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

Moody Blues by Jann Alexander © 2013 Antone’s, the club whose name  is perhaps most synonymous with The Live Music Capital of the World...