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Looking for a Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon by Jann Alexander © 2013 “Horizon. The space or line where the sky meets the earth.” There’s a place along Maine’s Casco...

Jann Alexander
Oct 27, 20131 min read


A Restorative Walk in the Woods
Restorative, Arkansas Woods by Jann Alexander © 2013 “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. “ — JOHN MUIR ,...

Jann Alexander
Oct 22, 20131 min read


It Was Beautiful That Afternoon
It Was Beautiful That Afternoon , oil on canvas by Jann Alexander © 2013 A summer cycling trip through Idaho, approaching the Grand...

Jann Alexander
Oct 11, 20131 min read


A Retro Transition From Movies to Books into History
From Movies to Books by Jann Alexander © 2013 Americana Ad, Austin History Center When Austin’s Americana Theatre held its gala opening...

Jann Alexander
Oct 11, 20132 min read


Reflections on Making a Mark
Lightscapes / On the Lake, Austin by Jann Alexander © 2013 . . . There’s a complex explanation in physics for reflection....

Jann Alexander
Oct 3, 20133 min read


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

Jann Alexander
Sep 5, 20132 min read


Who Lives in Austin to Work?
“People don’t live in Austin to work, they work to live there.” — Robert Rodriguez What Beer Does by Jann Alexander © 2013 In the vein...

Jann Alexander
Aug 30, 20131 min read


Terlingua Ghosts
Though the Terlingua ghosts are long gone, the visitors still flock to the town's Chili Cookoff and visit the historic final resting place

Jann Alexander
Aug 29, 20131 min read


Can’t Keep Austin Weird? Look Around: It’s Everywhere
Stalking the Innocent Putt Putters by Jann Alexander © 2103 Yes, there’s reason to worry that we can’t Keep Austin Weird. But if you...

Jann Alexander
Aug 22, 20134 min read


Getting My Weekly Wacky Fix
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...

Jann Alexander
Aug 21, 20133 min read


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

Jann Alexander
Aug 19, 20131 min read


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

Jann Alexander
Aug 16, 20132 min read


A Summer Invitation
Lightscapes / Blue Pool by Jann Alexander © 2013 — There is nothing as inviting as a languid, limpid pool of cool blue water on a hot...

Jann Alexander
Aug 16, 20131 min read


How Can They Call It Health Camp?
Health Camp Super Burgers Since 1949 by Jann Alexander © 2013 Call it Road Kill, because the large milkshakes at Health Camp really...

Jann Alexander
Aug 14, 20132 min read


I Wanted to Be a Nun. Here’s Why.
See more photographs and paintings from Mission Mexico HERE Shockingly, when I was 10, I wanted to be a nun. Perhaps that wasn’t so...

Jann Alexander
Aug 5, 20133 min read


Time for Some Wine with Art
Down East Wine by Jann Alexander © 2013 Wine seems to be a favorite of many artists and photographers (whether using it for subject...

Jann Alexander
Aug 2, 20133 min read


How To Assess Where You’re At
Where are you heading? by Jann Alexander © 2013 “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.” —Yogi Berra Being...

Jann Alexander
Jul 29, 20134 min read


Share Some Art That Goes With Wine
Down East Wine by Jann Alexander © 2013 Wine seems to be a favorite of many artists and photographers (whether using it for subject...

Jann Alexander
Jul 18, 20131 min read


Have Some Art with That Wine?
Wine and art make an incomparable pairing . That must be why it’s always served at art gallery openings. In fact, isn’t that why there’s...

Jann Alexander
Jul 16, 20131 min read


Far From Home: Traveling in Time
I’ve traveled far from home, and farther back in time than I’ve ever traveled in miles covered. I’ve seen the Dust Bowl in the Texas...

Jann Alexander
Jul 15, 20132 min read
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