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Month: May 2017

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100 Day Project (One)/Literature/Poetry

100 Day Project – Days 19 and 20

Posted on May 31, 2017 / 2 Comments

DAY 19 (May 29th, 2017) From the Book of Hours The hour is striking so close above me, so clear and sharp, that all my senses ring with it. I feel it now: there...

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Year 2017 365 Photo Journey (May 27th thru June 16th) – Trip To DC

Posted on May 30, 2017 / 0 Comment

Here are some pics from my trip to DC. Enjoy! this is a thing. Consider it a challenge, a journal, or a journey (I prefer journey). Take a picture a day and pos...

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100 Day Project – Days 17 and 18

Posted on May 30, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 17 (May 27th, 2017) The Indian Upon God I passed along the water’s edge below the humid trees, My spirit rocked in evening light, the rushes round my ...

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100 Day Project – Days 15 and 16

Posted on May 28, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 15 (May 25th, 2017) The Carcass Remember that object we saw, dear soul, In the sweetness of a summer morn: At a bend of the path a loathsome carrion On a be...

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100 Day Project – Days 13 and 14

Posted on May 28, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 13 (May 23rd, 2017) Dirge in Woods A wind sways the pines,      And below Not a breath of wild air; Still as the mosses that glow O...

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100 Day Project – Days 11 and 12

Posted on May 22, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 11 (May 21st, 2017) Rain Rain, midnight rain, nothing but the wild rain On this bleak hut, and solitude, and me Remembering again that I shall die And neith...

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100 Day Project – Days 9 and 10

Posted on May 20, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 9 (May 19th, 2017) On His Blindness When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death...

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100 Day Project – Days 7 and 8

Posted on May 18, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 7 (May 17th, 2017) Into My Heart an Air That Kills Into my heart an air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What sp...

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Year 2017 365 Photo Journey (May 12th thru May 26th) – IU, Monon, and Miscellany (Part 2)

Posted on May 17, 2017 / 0 Comment

Here are a few pics from the IU Campus on a perfect, spring day, a few pics from a bike ride along the Monon, and some other odds and ends. Enjoy! this is a thi...

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100 Day Project – Days 5 and 6

Posted on May 16, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 5 (May 15th, 2017) Chinese Poet Among Barbarians The rain drives, drives endlessly, Heavy threads of rain; The wind beats at the shutters, The surf drums on...

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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

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.

Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright

An excellent blend of science and Buddhist philosophy and practice.

Diamonds are Forever by Ian Fleming

James Bond goes to the United States to follow black market diamonds.

Mindfulness by Joseph Goldstein

An in-depth look into the Buddhist concept and practice of mindfulness.

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

The multi-generational story of the Buendía family.

The Red Book by C.G. Jung

Jungs account of his exploration in the shadow self.

A Poet to his Beloved by W.B. Yeats

Early love poems by Yeats.


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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