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Reflections and Announcement

Posted on October 31, 2018 / 2 Comments

REFLECTIONS ON MY THIRD 100 DAY PROJECT Wow … it’s been awhile since I posted something on my blog. My life has been full of changes … some go...

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100 Day Project Three – Days 68, 69, 70, 71, 72

Posted on September 4, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 (August 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd 2018) WORSHIP IN THE HOUSE OF A— (first of many drafts) Damn her congenital restlessness. She searc...

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100 Day Project Three – Days 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67

Posted on August 16, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 (August 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th 2018) WORD (first of many drafts) In nature we find our tidings. Find your less...

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100 Day Project Three – Days 57, 58, 59, 60

Posted on August 14, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 57, 58, 59, 60 (August 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th 2018) WILDFLOWERS (thirdish draft) A peasant boy gathers wildflowers for a girl—now a ghost of a girl—he once sa...

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100 Day Project Three – Days 55, 56

Posted on August 7, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 55, 56 (August 5th, 6th 2018) NATURE (unfinished) People don’t remember the way it used to be. The yardstick of nature is only a foot now. TO WALK (u...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 54

Posted on August 6, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 54 (August 4th, 2018) A COMPANY OF ANGELS (unfinished) Provisionless— armed only with my heart’s calling, faltering in a narrow corridor between the b...

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100 Day Project Three – Days 52, 53

Posted on August 3, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 52, 53 (August 2nd, 3rd 2018) I SAW YOU IN A PAINTING (unfinished) I saw you in a painting— under a bone black sky. Behind lemon yellow windows, souls, lik...

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100 Day Project Three – Days 48, 49, 50, 51

Posted on August 2, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 48, 49, 50, 51 (July 29th, 30th, 31st, August 1st, 2018) HALF-THOUGHTS (unfinished) They march like grim-faced soldiers from the front ragged, exhausted, h...

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100 Day Project Three – Days 46, 47

Posted on August 1, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 46, 47 (July 27th, 28th, 2018) SERPENT SUN (unfinished) The serpent sun of bronze, warlike man breathes fire in his fingers, fire on his wings, fire in his...

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100 Day Project Three – Days 44, 45

Posted on July 31, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAYS 44, 45 (July 25th, 26th, 2018) SUMMER AFTERNOON (fragments) I catch her breath like a hawk upon a pendulous breeze— untrammeled by shame— by an albatross o...

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Brad Severance

Hi, my name is Brad Severance, and I'm a photographer, poet, artist, Francophile, and avid reader. I live in Indianapolis, Indiana.

You can check out my best photographs on my photography website site at photography.bradseverance.com and my Flickr profile at www.flickr.com/photos/brad-severance

I run a writer's group called Pen to Paper, Indy's most notorious coterie of misfit writers. Checkout our website at www.pentopaperblog.org and our Meetup site at www.meetup.com/Pen-to-Paper.

If you wish to contact me, don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail at me@bradseverance.com


Current Projects

A Poem a Week

To keep the creative juices flowing, I write a poem each week.
Check it out here: A Poem a Week


2023 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I will take a photo a day for year 2023.
Check it out here: 2023 Photo Journey


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 2023 here.

The Red Book by C.G. Jung

Jungs account of his exploration in the shadow self.

Crescent Moon by Rabindranath Tagore

Poems about love between child and mother, and child and father.

Spain A History by Melveena McKendrick

A short concise history of Spain.

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

A magical realisitic account of the history of India.

The Colossus by Sylvia Plath

One of Plath's most important books of poetry.

A Book of Luminous Things edited by Czelaw Milosz

An international anthology of poetry compiled by the Nobel winning poet.


Past Projects

2022 Photo Journey

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

The 2021 Painting & Poetry Project

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

2021 Photo Journey

To practice and improve my photography, I took a photo a day for the year 2021.
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 the year 2020.
Check it out here: 2020 Photo Journey

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