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Remnants  at Zach Scott  |  iPhoneography by Jann Alexander ©2014 Leftovers, after all of the pretty people have gone .  ♣ Wordless...

Surprise Inside by Jann Alexander ©2014 Looking closely through the camera lens, I discovered a surprise inside. The shiny red bromeliad...

Oysters as Eye Candy by Jann Alexander ©2014 Eye Candy. It was the way I described  San Francisco, the first time I was there. Later, it...

Contrast on the Waterfront by Jann Alexander ©2014 My iPhone 5s makes a pretty spectacular camera . In fact, it’s the best camera on...

Setting by Jann Alexander © 2013 Paul O’Dwyer :“What are you writing?” Pete Hamill: “Nothing Paul, I think I have some kind of block.”...

Beautiful That Afternoon  Later, I painted what I missed while reading. ©2014 Jann Alexander I was lucky to never lose my first true...

Do you recognize your creative personality from among these eight types? Road Trippin’ by Jann Alexander © 2014 The Traveling Creative :...

Serendipity at the Lobster Shack by Jann Alexander © 2014 “It’s a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you...

Orange on Milkweed by Jann Alexander © 2014 It never fails to happen. Like white on rice, you fail to see, and then you do. You move in...

Skyrocket Your Creativity   Jann Alexander © 2014 “ It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease...

All of us who practice the creative arts are voyeurs.  As writers, we use our imaginative powers to conjure up insights into others’...

Room with a View by Jann Alexander © 2014 Is is not every writer’s dream to have a room with a view? A room just for writing needs not...

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...

Blue Window by Jann Alexander © 2014 I can’t resist a window . When I travel, I collect images of windows, and their siblings, doors,...

Mocha Art by Jann Alexander © 2011 It was a typical order for a barista: “a mocha cappuccino, please, for here.” I like to be served on...

“My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.” ―  Anaïs Nin Anais Nin by Elsa Dorfman , c. 1970s Though she...

Are you feeling the drug’s side effects? Generating a constant flow of (occasionally wacky) ideas? Experimenting with new media and new...

Water Colors by Jann Alexander © 2010 “Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they...

Artists with cameras are trying to create something that’s fresh, new, distinct. It’s what creative people do—no matter the medium.

“Art does not reproduce the visible, but rather, makes visible.” ~ PAUL KLEE #art #creativity #inspiringquotes #PaulKlee #visibility