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Pearls Before Lobster, stunning in cursive letters , by Jann Alexander © 2014 Some themes emerged and merged this week, involving...

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

Learn to handle your ideas “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple, learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” —JOHN...

Austin, Texas artist Lynn Bridge says she got inspired to create mosaic plates “one day when I was eating lunch, and was thinking about...

Are you possessed by color? For artist Paul Klee, the attraction to color and light was a turning point in his career. On his 1914 visit...

Flower Child on the Porch by Jann Alexander © 2008 “Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived . . . Tidiness makes me think of...

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...

Awakening by Jann Alexander © 2014 “May our heart’s garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.” —Thich Nhat Hanh Captured on...

Pi in the Sky Writing by Jann Alexander © 2014 Look up.  You might be surprised at what you see, and what you can shoot. When I stepped...

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,...

See and read my imperfect works at my website. #art #WilliamFaulkner #creativity #work #inspirationalquotes #Perfectionism

Weekend inspiration from Jann Alexander and a handy little app called Notegraphy . #art #creativity #design #inspiration

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...

What could be better than a Margarita Threesome?  © Jann Alexander 2012 Today is National Margarita Day,  and if good things always come...

Coffee Gets Creative in Mocha Madness by Jann Alexander © 2011 “We can enhance our creative output by looking at everyday acts as...

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...

We think of barriers quite literally, as physical obstacles in our paths. But barriers can be much more debilitating to our creativity...

Light meets design makes shadow creates pattern bathes piano attracts musician rides bike brings color makes music becomes art =...

When you’re faced with moving more than 95 Austin Landmarks (in the form of hundreds of framed and/or matted prints and posters, ranging...