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Month: October 2019

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Paradoxical

Posted on October 22, 2019 / 0 Comment

Love is a thing twoness.But underneath any twoness, man is alone. And underneath the great turbulent emotions of love, the violent herbage,lies the living rock ...

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days: Day 7

Posted on October 12, 2019 / 0 Comment

Just write something, for God’s sake … Word of the Day: Apotheosis Apotheosis (noun): (1) the elevation of a human to the rank of a god; the ra...

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days: Day 6

Posted on October 12, 2019 / 0 Comment

Just write something, for God’s sake … Word of the Day: Minacious Minacious (adjective): of a menacing or threatening character USING MINACIOUS IN S...

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days: Day 5

Posted on October 12, 2019 / 0 Comment

Just write something, for God’s sake … Word of the Day: Inspissate Inspissate (transitive verb): (1) to bring to a heavier consistency; condens...

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days: Day 4

Posted on October 12, 2019 / 0 Comment

Just write something, for God’s sake … Word of the Day: Esurient Esurient (adjective): voracious, greedy USING ESURIENT IN SENTENCES The panther reg...

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days: Day 3

Posted on October 12, 2019 / 0 Comment

Just write something, for God’s sake … Word of the Day: Lambent Lambent (adjective): (1) playing lightly on or over a surface;  gliding over;&n...

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days: Day 2

Posted on October 12, 2019 / 0 Comment

Just write something, for God’s sake … Word of the Day: Otiose Otiose (adjective): (1) being at leisure or ease (idle, unemployed); (2) without prof...

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days

30 Blog Posts in 30 Days: Day 1

Posted on October 11, 2019 / 0 Comment

Just write something, for God’s sake … Word of the Day: Hokum Hokum (noun): (1) pretentious nonsense; (2) a device found to elicit a display of mirt...

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There is a Seed in the Darkness

Posted on October 4, 2019 / 0 Comment

Here one can neither stand nor lie nor sitThere is not even silence in the mountainsBut dry sterile thunder without rainThere is not even solitude in the mounta...

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I Am the World To Your Dream

Posted on October 3, 2019 / 0 Comment

I am the world to your dream.You are my sorrow and my song.You ride the shaman’s conjured wind.I am a lover’s net.I catch your butterfly notesand dr...

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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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