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By Jann Alexander on June 5, 2014 • ( 23 Comments )

My Room With a View

My room with a view is dedicated to inspiration for my writing, distraction-free save for my view.

By Jann Alexander on June 3, 2014 • ( 5 Comments )

A Lesson in Patience on the Pier

If we’re open to it, we can learn patience anywhere, even from a heron modeling it on a Florida pier.

By Jann Alexander on May 31, 2014 • ( 9 Comments )

Timing Is Everything

You and your camera are a team, with a few simple tricks of good timing.

By Jann Alexander on May 28, 2014 • ( 8 Comments )

Harmony With a Twist

Two views show how Florida skies display harmony with the sunset’s color palette.

By Jann Alexander on May 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

The Best 2014 Buzz Words in a Fable of Our Times

Challenge to Self: Write a short story for our times, using the oddest additions to Webster’s this year, including words I had to look up.

By Jann Alexander on May 26, 2014 • ( 6 Comments )

On Searching for Brilliance

A short tale of finding what I wasn’t searching for, with a twist—of color.

By Jann Alexander on May 23, 2014 • ( 19 Comments )

Creativity Throws Plenty of Twists Our Way

Creativity offers the allure of many twists and turns. We can’t really have it all, though, can we? Isn’t choice inevitable?

By Jann Alexander on May 22, 2014 • ( 13 Comments )

Why I Can’t Resist a Window

Windows and doors are irresistible to me. They offer enough symbolism to crank up anyone’s creative engine.

By Jann Alexander on May 21, 2014 • ( 13 Comments )

Even Clichés Can Be Works of Art

Where can you find little works of art? Look for them in the commonplace, and in the clichés, where they hide in plain sight.

By Jann Alexander on May 19, 2014 • ( 9 Comments )

Yes, Ideas Flow from Life—And Also from Inspirational Aids

There’s no doubt that some of our best ideas come when we’re away from the office, in the flow of life. But when we’re stuck at our desks, there are aids to help the flow.

By Jann Alexander on May 19, 2014 • ( 3 Comments )

Creativity: The Powerful Drug

Creativity is the one drug, when over-used, that has never caused any harmful side effects. But it has always improved quality of life.

By Jann Alexander on May 16, 2014 • ( 4 Comments )

Finding Art in Architecture

Art is everywhere, not just in museums, often in the architecture of well-preserved towns–where their sense of place honors their architectural past.

By Jann Alexander on May 16, 2014 • ( 8 Comments )

Drawing Inspiration from Patterns

Looking at water for patterns, and finding them, or finding none at all, can be a source of inspiration and creativity.

By Jann Alexander on May 15, 2014 • ( 9 Comments )

How to Talk to a Photographer Like She’s an Artist

Photographers, like painters, present their vision of what they see to the world. Like painters, they’re artists. Talk with them about their art the same way.

By Jann Alexander on May 14, 2014 • ( 6 Comments )

Nature Shows Us How to Be in the Moment

Our moments, our thoughts, our experiences and our time on earth, like nature, are fleeting, ever-moving. We can learn from that.

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Art + What Goes With It

Pairings are quite common in life: wine and cheese, football and beer, man and woman. Some pairings are less obvious. Pairings is a blog about pairing art with everything else at AustinDetails.me, where art meets tech with pictures and words.

—Jann Alexander

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Aim, frame, click. Read, write, repeat. Always looking at the details. Pondering where art meets tech. Find Photography, Writing, Art, Design and Words here about pairing art with what goes with it (everything).

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