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Sketch

I just got an apple pencil and am figuring out how to draw with it on my iPad using Adobe Sketch. It's not as easy... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 22:43 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Horse Room

Horse Room

Click on the image to check out the full-sized version. (Once the window pops up, I recommend clicking on 'full screen.' Then give it a... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Tuesday, August 09, 2016 at 11:44 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Surrender

Surrender

I look to the petals Of my Cranesbill Pink and translucent in A front of sunlight Tiny veins spread Like fingers cupping a Font I... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Saturday, April 02, 2016 at 22:22 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Diebestraum

Diebestraum

So... my apartment complex has this clunky plastic A-frame sign standing on the entry lawn and it's basically permanent. It says things like "Two Bedroom... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 16:40 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Ein Brief on the Wand

Ein Brief on the Wand

Over the past few days, I've made a list of books I want to read/re-read/finish reading this year First come the five 'major' works of... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 15:14 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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The End

The End

Good Old Howard A book My father and I read together "Only Connect" I said it from a pulpit And with farewells I said it... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, April 09, 2015 at 17:43 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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EnSorcled

EnSorcled

This is Jeremy and Ebonie. They're expecting. I shot these three weeks ago and now these parents-to-be are, at this very instant, at the hospital... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, April 02, 2015 at 13:54 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Bicycle

Bicycle

At Maverick today I walked by the Woman wearing cropped Blonde locks and dark Shades Standing next to her Three pre-adolescent boys and their Bikes... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Monday, March 16, 2015 at 20:30 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Post-It Poem Too - Sea Bread

Post-It Poem Too - Sea Bread

I remember at two or three, looking out from between the pews whose shoulders reached my crown, like a fish peeking from its protective plant... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Monday, March 16, 2015 at 15:58 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Scurs the Burds, Scurcrrow & Scurbit

Scurs the Burds, Scurcrrow & Scurbit

Sophie: No I... I used to play but I.... I don't anymore. __________________ I know I must have intended to write something oh so profound... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 14:26 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Fuselage, Skelleton Statues, a Fiat, and the Tail of Two Purdies.

Fuselage, Skelleton Statues, a Fiat, and the Tail of Two Purdies.

I had an apocalyptic dream last night. I blame ML. The night before, I read her blog post about two red dresses at the Oscars.... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 01:41 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Flut

Flut

Ist es nicht schön...? Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Monday, November 17, 2014 at 14:19 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Alphabet Letter

Alphabet Letter

Loo k. See. Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 21:10 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Blind Missive

Blind Missive


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 01:50 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Before Yesterday

Before Yesterday


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 at 22:32 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Halloween, Masks, and the Other Side of Aschenbach

Halloween, Masks, and the Other Side of Aschenbach

I drove to Venice from Cortina. This was late March of 2001 and I had driven my way around Europe for two months now: Verbier,... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Friday, October 31, 2014 at 23:20 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Morning

Morning

I'm stealing this wonderful painting by Nellie Mae Rowe from the header of one blog and using it as the header of my own blog... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 10:37 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Tunnel

Tunnel


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Monday, December 16, 2013 at 21:50 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Another Attempt: Public Thanks

Another Attempt: Public Thanks

(Another note from Jason...) Dear Ed, I know this is way over the top, but let's pretend today is 'award show day' because I really... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 20:13 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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An answer to Khoren's Post on my FB wall RE Jeremy's essay entitled, 'Dear Liberal…Here's Why I'm So Hostile'

An answer to Khoren's Post on my FB wall RE Jeremy's essay entitled, 'Dear Liberal…Here's Why I'm So Hostile'

For as long as I can remember, my cousin Casey has used the word 'liberal' as an epithet. Meaning that if the word escapes his... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Sunday, December 01, 2013 at 21:50 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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A Sea of Splitting Her Peas

A Sea of Splitting Her Peas

For one reason or another, Ed and Meryl's conversation reminds me of the first time I met Louise. It was in college at Brigham Young... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Saturday, November 30, 2013 at 20:55 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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The Radley Threshold

The Radley Threshold

"It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true."
 -Holden "Moreoever, misunderstandings may be fruitful under certain circumstances." 
-Hesse... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 21:53 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Move On

Move On

Who survives his own story? Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Sunday, November 03, 2013 at 01:34 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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IPIRs Anonymous. Rush Writing My First Memory.

IPIRs Anonymous. Rush Writing My First Memory.

IPIR. It's an acronym my therapist, Lee, invented. It stands for "Important Person Internalized Representation." Isn't it great? I'll mention that and just leave it... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 22:43 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Play

Play

Graciousness trumps aesthetics. Graciousness IS aesthetics. If you don't believe me, consider it because it's true. And it's a grasshopper fact you won't get from... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Wednesday, September 04, 2013 at 15:51 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Kiss

Kiss

It's 4:05am. The man from the bodega - everyone calls him "Tommy" but everyone knows that's not his real name - gave me a cigarette.... Read more →


Posted by Jason B Merrell on Monday, June 24, 2013 at 04:05 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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