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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...

Sunset Party on Mt. Bonnell  , iPhoneography  by Jann Alexander © 2014 Key West has got nuthin’ on Austin. There’s a sunset party every...

Fine Art of Listening, Diffused  by Jann Alexander © 2014 “Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes...

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

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

I stumbled upon Jacob Bailey, aged 59 years and five months when he died in 1879, buried at land’s end in a tiny coastal Maine...

Show me something rusty, and I’m there. (With camera.) Pearls Before Lobster by Jann Alexander © 2014 Let me hasten to add: Rust is...

Deco Dazzle by Jann Alexander ©2012 It’s impossible for me to resist the marquee of an old movie palace. They’re relics of an era when...

Contrast on the Wharf by Jann Alexander © 2014 On a Harpswell wharf on the Casco Bay in Maine, the  contrast  between old traps and new...

Snowed Under in Seco by Jann Alexander ©2013 Photography excels at capturing contrasts—between dark and light, shadow and bright, death...

Alone Along the Highway by Jann Alexander ©2014 Lost: Johnny A. Lucero. Found: A roadside grave along the highway, New Mexico. Not...

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

Patience on the Pier by Jann Alexander © 2014.jpg “The greatest art is to sit, and wait, and let it come.” —Yogi Bhajan She was still,...

“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...

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

Not So Coy by Jann Alexander © 2014 There’s nothing too coy about koi. Perhaps because they’re not much more than common...

Austin in Lights by Jann Alexander © 2014 Blue. Austin, Texas is so damn blue in spring. It’s Austin’s most consistent feature most of...

When it’s ready to throw up its March bloom, the Spanish Dagger’s magnificent flower always comes out on top. The thick-leaf yucca...