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

Jann Alexander
Mar 2, 20141 min read


Painting Trees: Only the Loneliest Need Apply
Trees in the Snow painted by Jann Alexander © 2014 The lonelier the trees, the better: I’m drawn to them like autumn leaves are to the...

Jann Alexander
Feb 18, 20141 min read


Snowed Under in Seco
Snowed Under in Seco by Jann Alexander © 2014 Beneath a blanket of snow in Arroyo Seco , there must be a story to go with a small and...

Jann Alexander
Feb 2, 20141 min read


Finding Wisdom Along the Mayan Path
Along the Mayan Path by Jann Alexander ©2014 “I came into this world with nothing, my experiences are only mine, and I will leave this...

Jann Alexander
Jan 30, 20141 min read


When a Polaroid Was Instant Gratification
Three Boys and a Polaroid first appeared as the post, When a Polaroid Was Instant Gratification , at Pairings :: Art + What Goes With It...

Jann Alexander
Jan 28, 20143 min read


How Can We Overcome Barriers to Creativity?
We think of barriers quite literally, as physical obstacles in our paths. But barriers can be much more debilitating to our creativity...

Jann Alexander
Jan 27, 20141 min read


Windows and Doors Have Stories to Tell . . .
How can you pass by an intriguing window or door by without making note, or making a picture? There’s a story to be told behind them . ....

Jann Alexander
Jan 25, 20141 min read


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


Close Encounters of the Austin Kind
First Encounter: Greetings from Austin, 2004 by Jann Alexander [Mural: Todd Sanders © Roadhouse Relics] It was still spring in Austin,...

Jann Alexander
Oct 16, 20132 min read


Where the Elite Eat in Waco
Where the Elite Eat by Jann Alexander © 2103 What could be tastier on Mondays than 2 for 1 Burgers at The Elite Cafe in Waco, Texas?...

Jann Alexander
Oct 14, 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


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


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


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


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


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


Time Traveling on the Road
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.

Jann Alexander
Jul 10, 20132 min read


When a Polaroid Was Instant Gratification
Three Boys and a Polaroid by Jann Alexander © 2013 In an Instagram world when a quickie effect can turn a contemporary image vintage...

Jann Alexander
Jul 8, 20131 min read
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