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“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.” —Ernest Holmes Mirrored, No. 1 by Jann Alexander ©2014...

#JustPaint Poster ©2014 JannAlexander.com if you’re a painter,  and it’s part of your soul and the way you breathe, you know it, and...

Not Contained for Long by Jann Alexander ©2014 How do you shoot tequila?  Chances are, whatever your preferences, it won’t stay ...

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...

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

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...

A Twist on Fall Color by Jann Alexander © 2014 “The gift of an image is that it provides a place to watch your soul.” —JAMES HILLMAN...

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...

Open by Jann Alexander © 2012 “Art is everywhere: in nature, in architecture, in literature, and more. It’s anywhere we see beauty and...

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

Pampas Waves by Jann Alexander © 2014 Nature is rarely still. Witness the waves of pampas grass, always  on the move  thanks to a...

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

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

Verse used by permission of K. Brobeck . iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2014 Practice patience, listen to the birds, contemplate the...

Pearls Before Lobster by Jann Alexander © 2014 By Jann Alexander How one thing leads to another. Live and Cooked ©2014 I followed the...