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

Get your tech affairs together so you have more time for creativity in 2014. It’s nearly 2014. The year will begin with experts’ columns...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

© 2013 Jann Alexander The business world seems determined to improve its creativity. If you don’t believe it, visit Inc.com to search...

On the Lake by Jann Alexander © 2013 Competition by Jann Alexander © 2013 A woman you meet at a gallery opening has loved a real...

Cava! by Jann Alexander © 2013 Thanks to a new iPhone app by John Saddington called Pressgram , creatives are able to publish their own...

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...

As a self-defined seeker of the wacky , I’ve cultivated a number sources I follow online to get my Weekly Wacky Fix. These are some of...

“I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.” —SAUL BASS, graphic design icon ♣ SAUL BASS: “I want everything we do to be...

Austin Power : “You can’t turn me on.” Austin Powers : “Au contraire baby, you can’t resist me.” Austin Power by Jann Alexander © 2013...

Dueling Threats by Jann Alexander © 2013 Places in Austin vanish with frequency , but when a classic artwork by a legendary Texas artist...

Road trips have an appeal that goes way back in time, and roadside oddities abound for time travelers willing to take a fork in the road.

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Guitars on Speed by Jann Alexander ©2013 Austin Speed Shop is bidding farewell to South Lamar, to make way for, yes, another luxury...