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By Jann Alexander on August 30, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Who Lives in Austin to Work?

“People don’t live in Austin to work, they work to live there.” —Robert Rodriguez In the vein of working to live in Austin, I offer a Vanishing Austin photograph revealing the […]

By Jann Alexander on August 29, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

Terlingua Ghosts

There’s a tiny speck of a town in Texas along the Mexico border that ensnares most visitors to nearby Big Bend National Park for at least an afternoon. Its curious […]

By Jann Alexander on August 26, 2013 • ( 4 Comments )

It’s Monday. Are You Inspired Yet?

Ideas in my blog’s Drafts folder are growing mold, since the shiny newest thing is always most appealing. But on Mondays, who feels inspired to start something new? Here are […]

By Jann Alexander on August 22, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Can’t Keep Austin Weird? Look Around: It’s Everywhere

Yes, there’s reason to worry that Austin is no longer weird. But if you look around—weird is everywhere.

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

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 the more creative bits I’ve […]

By Jann Alexander on August 19, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

I Want to Make Beautiful Things

“I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.” —SAUL BASS, graphic design icon

By Jann Alexander on August 16, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

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’s getting turned back on, after two-plus dormant decades, as its transformation from […]

By Jann Alexander on August 16, 2013 • ( 20 Comments )

A Summer Invitation

— There is nothing as inviting as a languid, limpid pool of cool blue water on a hot summer day. — ORDER A PRINT of Blue Pool by Jann Alexander […]

By Jann Alexander on August 15, 2013 • ( 8 Comments )

How Can They Call It Health Camp?

How did a burger and shake shop on I-35 get the name Health Camp? We can only speculate. But we sure can enjoy.

By Jann Alexander on August 9, 2013 • ( 1 Comment )

Austin: Truly in Hues of Blue

Blue is the color of summer in Austin. Blue skies. Blue pools. Blue lakes. Blue neon. Blue tattoos. Blue is happy. Blue is what I see every time I go out […]

By Jann Alexander on August 8, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

Dumping Facebook, Dating Twitter, Avoiding LinkedIn and Flirting with Google+

How social media encourages us to flirt, date, avoid, dump, repeat.

By Jann Alexander on August 6, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

How Does Austin Beat the Heat?

Sunny and 102°?!  How to Beat the Heat? How else—with frog legs, fried pies and air conditioning. Indulge in some cocktails, then splurge on some Texas beef, after breakfast. Throw […]

By Jann Alexander on August 5, 2013 • ( 15 Comments )

I Wanted to Be a Nun. Here’s Why.

You can’t escape your roots. In my paintings, photographs and calligraphy, the artful elements of my Catholic upbringing have made their mark on me.

By Jann Alexander on August 2, 2013 • ( 7 Comments )

Time for Some Wine with Art

Wine seems to be a favorite of many artists and photographers (whether using it for subject matter, or using it to inspire subject matter). If you read my July 16 […]

By Jann Alexander on August 2, 2013 • ( 8 Comments )

You Mean Austin Keeps on Vanishing?

Yes, it does. As noted in What’s Vanished Since 2004, some of Austin’s best treasures have gone missing since I began my Vanishing Austin photo series that spring. It was Las Manitas on […]

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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.

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How Continental by Jann Alexander ©2010
How Continental by Jann Alexander ©2010
Keep on Puttin' by Jann Alexander ©2013
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Blue Chill by Jann Alexander © 2010
Blue Chill by Jann Alexander © 2010
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Branch Out by Jann Alexander © 2014
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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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