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Month: July 2017

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100 Day Project (One)/Literature/Poetry

100 Day Project – Days 73 and 74

Posted on July 27, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 73 (July 22nd, 2017) The Choice The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, And if it take the second must refuse A hea...

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100 Day Project – Days 71 and 72

Posted on July 22, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 71 (July 20th, 2017) The Prayer of Quiet The soul, then, being thus inwardly recollected in God or before God, now and then becomes so sweetly attentive to ...

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100 Day Project – Days 69 and 70

Posted on July 19, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 69 (July 18th, 2017) You are the mystery (excerpt)     you are the mystery that is placed upon the Lord’s table. You receive the m...

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100 Day Project – Days 67 and 68

Posted on July 16, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 67 (July 16th, 2017) The Coming of Wisdom with Time Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and f...

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100 Day Project – Days 65 and 66

Posted on July 16, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 65 (July 14th, 2017) Under the Harvest Moon Under the harvest moon, When the soft silver Drips shimmering Over the garden nights, Death, the gray mocker, Co...

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100 Day Project – Days 63 and 64

Posted on July 16, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 63 (July 12th, 2017) After Long Silence Speech after long silence; it is right, All other lovers being estranged or dead, Unfriendly lamplight hid under its...

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100 Day Project – Days 61 and 62

Posted on July 16, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 61 (July 10th, 2017) Consumed in Grace I first saw God when I was a child, six years of age. the cheeks of the sun were pale before Him, and the earth acted...

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100 Day Project – Days 59 and 60

Posted on July 15, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 59 (July 8th, 2017) With rue my heart is laden With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipt maiden And many a lightfoot lad. By...

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100 Day Project – Days 57 and 58

Posted on July 14, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 57 (July 6th, 2017) The Last Invocation At the last, tenderly, From the walls of the powerful fortress’d house, From the clasp of the knitted locks, f...

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100 Day Project – Days 55 and 56

Posted on July 10, 2017 / 0 Comment

DAY 55 (July 4th, 2017) From Macbeth Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And...

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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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