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Month: August 2018

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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...

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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