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What’s Everyone Got Against Adverbs?
16 Dreaded Adverbs , According to the Hemingway Editor Adverbs are terribly out of favor , and I frankly cannot understand why. I...
Jann Alexander
Jan 17, 20153 min read
Cheap Tricks with Pattern and Light
Blinded by the Light iPhoneography with iPhone 4s by Jann Alexander ©2015 Don’t you just hate Venetian blinds? When they’re open,...
Jann Alexander
Jan 11, 20151 min read
The Hippest Holiday Art Fair in Town
The local newspaper, the Austin American-Statesman, calls the Blue Genie Art Bazaar “simply the hippest holiday art fair in town.” So...
Jann Alexander
Dec 13, 20142 min read
Shopping Local With The Locals
Shop for my art prints at the Blue Genie Art Bazaar in Austin, Texas “Simply the hippest holiday art fair in town” —the Austin...
Jann Alexander
Dec 3, 20142 min read
The Power of the Flower . . . and the Pie
Flower Power prints in prep | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2014 The holiday frenzy is almost upon us, but for exhibiting artists,...
Jann Alexander
Nov 22, 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
Nov 19, 20143 min read
Are There Any Advantages to Being Disorganized?
Though I’m not one of them , advocates of disorganization thrive on it. The truth is that even the most organized among us have lapses in...
Jann Alexander
Nov 12, 20144 min read
Take This Simple Refraction Test
Refracted City by Jann Alexander ©2014 Sit at a comfortable distance from your iDevice or monitor, and cover one eye while gazing...
Jann Alexander
Oct 17, 20141 min read
Where Dreams Await
Where Dreams Become Memories by Jann Alexander ©2014 The mocha of my dreams had begun life less than an hour earlier. It was a typical...
Jann Alexander
Oct 15, 20142 min read
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