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By Jann Alexander on February 14, 2014 • ( 11 Comments )

How I Became An Unintentional Publisher

Being a publisher lets me do what I love to do: write, paint, photograph, read, design, learn, share, repeat.

By Jann Alexander on February 11, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

Trapped By An Attraction To Light

“I look at light: how it plays, bounces, delineates, colors, dances and defines by its abundance or lack thereof. I am utterly attracted to, captivated by, smitten with and besotted by light.”

By Jann Alexander on February 9, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Here’s to Halcyon Days Ahead for Legal Vices

Some of Austin’s towers are getting pretty overtowering, but locally-owned Halcyon is holding its own against Austin’s first real tower, the Frost Bank Tower. Downtown Coffee Shop, Bar & Lounge, […]

By Jann Alexander on February 6, 2014 • ( 22 Comments )

How to Jumpstart Your Creative Mojo

Creatives have to conserve energy every now and then, or risk total creative meltdown. If you’re facing a creative sinking spell, here’s how to take a big time out.

By Jann Alexander on February 4, 2014 • ( 4 Comments )

Wise Words From a Photo God About Another God

Originally posted on Photofocus (old site):
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. – Ansel Adams

By Jann Alexander on February 2, 2014 • ( 8 Comments )

Snowed Under in Seco

Beneath a blanket of snow in Arroyo Seco, there must be a story to go with a small and lonely child’s grave marker at La Santisima Trinidad mission church. There’s […]

By Jann Alexander on January 30, 2014 • ( 7 Comments )

Finding Wisdom Along the Mayan Path

Discovered: a generation strengthened by sisterhood along the Mayan path.

By Jann Alexander on January 29, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Making Texans Proud Since 1964

The Broken Spoke, one of the definitive Texas dance halls, is disguised in a rustic dark red building on South Lamar and now completely enveloped by new upscale development.

By Jann Alexander on January 28, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

When a Polaroid Was Instant Gratification

A 1980 image of three small-town buddies reminds us of a time when a Polaroid was instant gratification, and in some rural Western mountain towns, not much else.

By Jann Alexander on January 27, 2014 • ( 16 Comments )

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 when we impose them upon ourselves. “As long […]

By Jann Alexander on January 26, 2014 • ( 23 Comments )

Unexpected Pairings

Light meets design makes shadow creates pattern bathes piano attracts musician rides bike brings color makes music becomes art = pairings, unexpected . . . “Creativity is that marvelous capacity […]

By Jann Alexander on January 25, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

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 . . . Doors […]

By Jann Alexander on January 24, 2014 • ( 22 Comments )

Austin Is a Town of Continual Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition is Austin’s middle name these days, and figures prominently in my Vanishing Austin series as the most striking way to show our recent urban history.

By Jann Alexander on January 22, 2014 • ( 10 Comments )

Mirrored By Nature

What man has made of steel and concrete becomes beauty when mirrored by nature; and the mind can only improve upon what’s not seen. Imagination takes over to create a […]

By Jann Alexander on January 22, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

How Do You Move 95+ Austin Landmarks in One Day?

When you’re faced with moving more than 95 Austin Landmarks (in the form of hundreds of framed and/or matted prints and posters) in one day, there’s only one way to do it.

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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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