finding beauty in the everyday
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DOLLY
When I was in high school in the 1990’s my art teacher loved Dolly Parton. Students would bring funny things they found with her face or name on them into the classroom and he ended up with a little collection of Dolly paraphernalia. One night, while out at the local video store, I saw a…
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ON THE ROAD
There is no film work in Albuquerque right now and so I find myself back on the road, working on a low budget movie in southern NM, shooting nights. This is exactly the type of job I would normally roll my eyes at, turn down, and let some young newbie in need of days and…
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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…
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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