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Month: August 2015

Camera
Photography

Year 2015 365 Photo Journey (August 19th – August 30th)

Posted on August 30, 2015 / 0 Comment

Well, I finally bit the bullet and bought a new camera. It’s a Sony a6000 mirrorless camera, and it’s leaps and bounds above my previous tiny point-...

Rilke
Literature/Poetry/Quotes/Writing

Quotes From The Notebooks of Malte Laurid Brigge By Rainer Maria Rilke (3)

Posted on August 26, 2015 / 0 Comment

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge is Rilke’s only novel. He wrote it while living in Paris as a young writer. It contains autobiographical content and...

Camera
Photography

Year 2015 365 Photo Journey (August 13th – August 18th)

Posted on August 25, 2015 / 0 Comment

Miscellany. Enjoy! 365 Photo Journey Apparently, this is a thing. Consider it a challenge, a journal, or a journey (I prefer journey). Take a picture a day and ...

writing
Poetry/Writing

My God

Posted on August 23, 2015 / 0 Comment

My god may not be your god. And frankly, it doesn’t matter. I can only know mine. We’re tied to the hip like that.

Rilke
Literature/Poetry/Quotes/Writing

Quotes From The Notebooks of Malte Laurid Brigge By Rainer Maria Rilke (2)

Posted on August 23, 2015 / 0 Comment

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge is Rilke’s only novel. He wrote it while living in Paris as a young writer. It contains autobiographical content and...

Rilke
Literature/Poetry/Quotes/Writing

Quotes From The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge By Rainer Maria Rilke (1)

Posted on August 22, 2015 / 0 Comment

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge is Rilke’s only novel. He wrote it while living in Paris as a young writer. It contains autobiographical content and...

Marcus Aurelius
History/Literature

Quotes From Meditations By Marcus Aurelius (1)

Posted on August 20, 2015 / 0 Comment

From Book Two: Finally, the intelligence. Think of it this way: You are an old man. Stop allowing your mind to be a slave, to be jerked about by selfish impulse...

Camera
Photography

Year 2015 365 Photo Journey (July 29th – August 12th) – Normal, IL Edition

Posted on August 12, 2015 / 0 Comment

Miss L., the Monkey, and I went to Normal, IL on a sunny Sunday afternoon. It’s a small college town. Kinda cool, but not super cool. Most of these pictur...

Brad Severance
Brad Severance

I'm a photographer, poet, artist, Francophile, and avid reader.

Current Projects

2022 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I take a photo a day.
Check it out here: 2022 Photo Journey

A French Word a Day for 100 Days

To practice and improve my French, I’m picking a word a day and writing three sentences containing that word.
Check it out here: A French Word a Day for 100 Days

Stuff I’m Reading Now

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” —Joseph Addison
Don’t get flabby! Read everyday. See what I’ve read in 2021 here.

Upstream by Mary Oliver
Essays by one of the most popular poets of the modern era.

The Fall by Albert Camus

The Fall by Albert Camus 
A confession for the modern man.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
The third novel of the immortal series that everyone has read except me.

Book of Hours by Rainer Maria Rilke, trans. by Anita Barrows & Joanna Macy
Inspired love poems to God.

Past Projects

The 2021 Painting & Poetry Project

Each week, my painter, Addie, and I will choose a theme upon which to write and paint. We have many exciting topics to explore, and we are excited to share our work.
Check it out here: The 2021 Painting & Poetry Project

2021 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I take a photo a day.
Check it out here: 2021 Photo Journey

The 30 Day Poetry & Painting Challenge

Each day, for 30 days, my painter, Addie, and I selected a poem (from the public domain). I wrote a poem and she painted a painting inspired by that poem. The result was an outpouring of creative energy.
Check it out here: The 30 Day Poetry & Painting Challenge

2020 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I took a photo a day for an entire year.
Check it out here: 2020 Photo Journey

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