Tag: sketching
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Let’s Stock Up on Sharpie and Elmer’s: Confessions of a Broke Grad Student High on Amazon Discounts
https://amzn.to/3HmlFOG I am a huge fan of the Elmer’s and Sharpie brands, and I am thrilled to see that Amazon is offering some great discounts on these products. As an academic and literature historian, I rely on these products to help me research and document my findings in an organized and visually appealing way. And…
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Sketching Sights: Istanbul, City on the Edge (Art. Travel. Writing. Islam. Architecture)
The Bosphorus splits Istanbul in two parts. A rift in the madness of Europe and Asia, drifting between bodies of fresh and salt water cooling the heated passion of a most ancient urban jungle. The hot, hot, heat of human movement generates organized chaos as this great strait, this rift, cushions the blow, keeping this…
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Flash Poem “I’m Afraid of You.”
I’m afraid of you Standing too close We’ll fall into eternity
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Sketching Sights: Essaouira, Morocco
Whitewashed seaside facade under a beating Moroccan sun.
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Sketching Sights: Fes, Morocco
I’m led through the imperial city of Fes by a pair of shrouded figures. We dance through the shadows of mud brick passageways and into the medina in time for the Asr call to prayer.
Nicholas Andriani Rankin 