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By Jann Alexander on December 31, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

2013: The Year A Giant Wrecking Ball Ate Austin

It’s time for end-of-year portfolio assessments. First up: the giant wrecking ball that’s been tormenting Austin.

By Jann Alexander on December 29, 2013 • ( 4 Comments )

Unexpected Rewards and Opportunities at Year’s End

As the year ends, an unexpected prize is awarded to What’s Vanishing Next? and an opportunity to pay it forward is bestowed.

By Jann Alexander on December 29, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

There’s an App for That: Achieve Your 2014 Tech Resolutions

Get your tech affairs together so you have more time for creativity in 2014. It’s nearly 2014. The year will begin with experts’ columns, advising us on New Year preparations, resolutions […]

By Jann Alexander on December 24, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gift I Treasure Most

There are lots of lovely gifts under the tree, but there’s one I treasure above all others.

By Jann Alexander on December 17, 2013 • ( 7 Comments )

Take the Thrill of the Creative Effort into the New Year

What most creatives know about happiness is this: If they can’t create, they can’t be happy. Here’s to the thrill of the creative effort and happiness for all in 2014: […]

By Jann Alexander on December 13, 2013 • ( 3 Comments )

What You’re Most Expecting Doesn’t Happen Until You’re Least Expecting It

I was so certain I’d have those cowgirl boots under the Christmas tree that year. After all, I’d wanted them really badly last year, I’d made that clear to Santa […]

By Jann Alexander on December 11, 2013 • ( 11 Comments )

Juxtapositions Tell the Story of Our Town

What a city of contradictions is Austin. Old butts up against the new, old is lamented when exchanged for new. But the juxtapositions are a photographer’s dream.

By Jann Alexander on December 9, 2013 • ( 5 Comments )

More Steps to Creativity—for Visual Learners

No matter your learning style, there’s more than one way to skin the creativity cat. Take a look at the wealth of tools offered in this idea-packed infographic (that visual […]

By Jann Alexander on December 5, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

All Decked Out For the Holidays

Vanishing Austin—the ongoing photography series that tries to stay ahead of the wrecking ball—is looking pretty festive this month, at its first appearance at Austin’s annual anti-mall, shop small, holiday […]

By Jann Alexander on November 21, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Eternally Attracted to Color and Texture

— Found: An oft-painted warehouse wall, pitted, cracking, alive with color. Lost: The desire for perfection. “Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But […]

By Jann Alexander on November 21, 2013 • ( 5 Comments )

Why Do Photographers Love Grunge?

For photographers, the grungier, the rustier, the more lonely a subject is—the better. We crave texture, pattern, a story. A lonely place has a story, and photographers have many stories […]

By Jann Alexander on November 5, 2013 • ( 5 Comments )

Blessings for The Man in Black

A broken-down bus that long lived at Austin’s famous honky-tonk shows some respect for the Man in Black. The missing 1948 Flxible Clipper bus that once lent its retro funk to Austin’s […]

By Jann Alexander on November 4, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

Finding Inspiration With An Artist’s Poem

Ain’t no sunshine. It’s a dreary, dull, drab, gray day. A day that demands a wing and a prayer to find inspiration. A day for an Artist’s Poem, one I […]

By Jann Alexander on October 31, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

The Eyes Have It

Today’s Treat: Supernaturally blue eyes, no Photoshop applied. Just a trick of the lens(es) worn by the costumed subject. So the eyes have it. Related articles DAILY PROMPT: Trick or […]

By Jann Alexander on October 28, 2013 • ( 1 Comment )

The Pattern of Change Is Change

It takes a whole lotta cranes to hoist up a new Marriott in downtown Austin, where change is changing faster than you can say change. The upcoming architecture at 2nd […]

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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.

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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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