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Month: June 2018

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100 Day Project Three – Day 19

Posted on June 30, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 19 (June 30th, 2018) SPARROWS a ubiquity— a troupe of sparrows dance a soot brown feather hop and flit higgledy–piggledy between bread crumbs tossed l...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 18

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DAY 18 (June 29th, 2018) TIME IS A CRUTCH time is a crutch for the dying. hear yourself breathe. sense yourself distinct. a world presses in upon you like a mol...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 17

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DAY 17 (June 28th, 2018) A CITY IS BURNING (UNFINISHED) A city is burning on the riverfront, waxen spirits dance upon the embers— there are millions of th...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 16

Posted on June 29, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 16 (June 27th, 2018) A MOMENT A moment weightless in love lingers in its own eternity it swept through you—a furious, elemental wind that felled you, ...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 15

Posted on June 27, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 15 (June 26th, 2018) SILHOUETTE (UNFINISHED) An old woman knit a silhouette from a patchwork of dreams and threadbare trances, between wisps of moth-eaten m...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 14

Posted on June 27, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 14 (June 25th, 2018) THE FLUTE (UNFINISHED) upon my deathbed I lie inert— enfeebled heart, mind aground, command lost and naught to follow— when I hear her ...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 13

Posted on June 25, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 13 (June 24th, 2018) DRAWING A CIRCLE I drew a circle to find that God dwells in the beginning and the end— not in the fiery score seething from the orchest...

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Year 2018 365 Photo Journey (May 1st thru June 1st) – NYC Edition

Posted on June 24, 2018 / 0 Comment

Here are some pics from my most recent trip to NYC. Enjoy! 365 Photo Journey Apparently, this is a thing. Consider it a challenge, a journal, or a journey (I pr...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 12

Posted on June 23, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 12 (June 23rd, 2018) ALL GONE the withered arm the withered leg the sunken eye the shriveled head it’s all gone, my friend— all gone hold my hand befo...

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100 Day Project Three – Day 11

Posted on June 23, 2018 / 0 Comment

DAY 11 (June 22nd, 2018) Words pour out of me like blood from a struck animal. Daily Word Count: 103 EXCERPT After discussing my dissertation with my professor ...

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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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