finding beauty in the everyday
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MARCH MADNESS
It’s gorgeous, cool, and rainy outside after a freakishly hot and dry March. Everything is in bloom and the smell of lilacs is wafting in my open front door. I’ve been back from a trip that feels like a dream for two weeks and in the midst of the chaos that is the world right…
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EVERYTHING EVERY… ALL AT ONCE
It didn’t really dawn on me until recently that throughout historically “difficult” times, “normal” life carried on in its “make doctor’s appointments, cook dinner, run errands” kind of humdrum way right along side of the history making chaos and destruction I learned about in class. And in writing that I realize that I am in…
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2025–>6
My people! Hello! 2025 has been a ride and, here we are. Five days until, well, another year and one that I don’t expect to be too different from the last in its unpredictability. It’s raining (I wish it were snow but am grateful for the moisture), the Christmas lights are twinkling though a few…
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HUMANS
In the summer of 2023, I was as excited creatively as I have ever been. During what turned out to be a five month long hiatus from the film industry, due to the SAG/ WGA strikes, I participated in a workshop with a graphic designer and branding specialist on how to use AI in personal…
Smagik is Claire Sandrin’s personal blog of writing and photographs dedicated to finding beauty in the everyday. It covers everything from how to brand yourself as a creative, making a professional pivot in middle age, travels to Amsterdam, and recipes for grain free chocolate zucchini cake. Join me for the adventure that is this life!
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