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A Pot of Gold in the Badlands by Jann Alexander © 2012 As if the Badlands in South Dakota aren’t breathtaking enough, a rainbow...

Terlingua Ghosts by Jann Alexander © 2012 The small town of Terlingua, Texas, near the Mexico border, is a former cinnabar-mining...

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

Mayan Messenger by Jann Alexander © 2012  You can climb to the top of a distant civilization in Tecoh, a tiny Yucatán town whose...

At first glance, a shelfie is a generous way to share your library of ideas instead of your silly selfie face. But at worst, shelfies...

Street life in Mexico doesn’t get much more colorful than this. On a sizzling summer day in Valladolid, in Yucatan, it’s all quiet—but...

It’s all about you. Who you are is what you make, and what you make of it. — Jann Alexander on Influences .  .  .  .  . HERE’S WHERE I...

Desert Reflections Jann Alexander ©2010 Reflections of the vast brown Chihuahuan desert that surrounds a vivid green church in the tiny...

Mirrored Lily by Jann Alexander © 2014 Reflections are easily found in nature. Reflections upon oneself, within one’s soul: not so...

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...

Ideas by Jann Alexander ©2014.jpg Brenda Ueland had a lot to say about creativity ; in fact, she herself was an inexhaustible fountain...

Meet the Beetles by Jann Alexander © 2013 You get a different perspective on things when you look  inside . Viewed by a human, a Texas...

Pistachio Dream by Jann Alexander ©2013 If you dream in green and ice cream, you may want to dive inside a pistachio-colored booth at...

Branch Out After You Plant Your Roots by Jann Alexander © 201 How I finally learned to be as sociable online as I am off If you’re an...

Outer Space Flower by Jann Alexander © 2014 From a Texas Hill Country wildflower’s vantage point, March means spring is in the...

Overtowering Sandy’s by Jann Alexander © 2013 In Austin, Texas, we take our local landmarks seriously , and our city ordinances decree...

STOP BY MY WEBSITE TO SEE HOW I LEAD MY CREATIVE LIFE. #lifelessons #JosephCampbell #inspiration #discovery #acceptance

You’re Gonna Love Austin  by Jann Alexander © 2014 Welcome to Austin, all ye visitors to SXSW. You’re gonna love Austin. We all do....

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

Abandoned by Jann Alexander © 2014 Why am I so drawn to photograph abandoned places and things? My image library is overflowing with...