From the monthly archives:

August 2010

The creativity dilemma: breaking the habit of low-energy thought

by Sandra Walter August 29, 2010

An epidemic is occurring in our country; creativity is on the decline and battling for its survival. Cuts in funding for the arts, standardization in schools, and modifications in our national priorities have caused creativity to be at an all-time low. Europe saw this decline and made immediate amends to try and improve the situation, [...]

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Conscious creativity for the Shift

by Sandra Walter August 23, 2010

I changed the tagline on my banner after a wake-up tweet from Hugh MacLeod about the lameness of the term “empowerment.” He was kind enough to sympathize with my struggle for the elusive all-encapsulating term. “Conscious creativity for the Shift” defines my mission; allow me to share a few details about the shift.
What is the [...]

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You are not your fears.

by Sandra Walter August 16, 2010

Fear is an obsessive monster.

Fear warps the mind with a sense of weakness.
Fear sustains a feeling of powerlessness and enforces self-protection.
Fear devours more and more of your mind, disconnecting you from perspective, compassion and higher thoughts.
Fear keeps you in an incessant loop of righteousness to protect you from illusionary evils.
Fear does not allow you to [...]

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Je ne regrette rien

by Sandra Walter August 9, 2010

In the volume of stories about unexplored dreams, Grey Gardens serves well as a cautionary tale. The public fascination with the bizarre life path of the Beales is legendary. The 1975 documentary of a mother and daughter living in their decaying East Hampton home is both curious and heartbreaking. The made for TV film (which [...]

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A new stereotype: the conscious, successful artist

by Sandra Walter August 4, 2010

Art is power.
You may have been taught otherwise. You may have been told you need a “fallback” career. Your creative dreams may have been sabotaged along your path by the status quo. You may have heard artists are irresponsible creatures who can barely make ends meet. Those old stereotypes are officially [...]

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Pink: a fable about desire

by Sandra Walter August 2, 2010

Each morning at sunrise, two starling birds soared through the zoo and perched near the flamingo pond to watch the elegant birds eat breakfast.
“I heard,” said the first starling, “they feed the flamingos shrimp to keep them pink.” He watched the bright birds for a while and sighed. “They attract so many people with their [...]

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