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Empowering your art

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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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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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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What’s draining my power?

by Sandra Walter July 29, 2010

On a hot and humid Sunday afternoon in Chicago two weeks ago, there was a loud explosion behind our apartment building. BOOM! and the electricity went off. My husband and I laughed and joked about the air conditioners in the city – that they had finally done it; maxed out the ComEd power grid. For [...]

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Meditation and creativity

by Sandra Walter July 19, 2010

My relationship with meditation has been a lengthy affair. I’ve experimented with styles, read books about different methods, and listened to guided recordings. Recently I had a revelation that has (finally) made meditation part of my daily routine.
When I look back at the intensely creative times of my life; when ideas, synchronicities and opportunities met [...]

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Linchpin Magazine is now available!

by Sandra Walter July 5, 2010

An international event occurred on June 14, 2010. All over the world, people who identified with Seth Godin’s latest book Linchpin gathered to exchange ideas, contacts, and business dreams. Linchpin Magazine is the post-event guide to what happened at these meetings, as well as a listing of the fascinating projects people are undertaking. My recap [...]

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Your creative contribution changes everything

by Sandra Walter July 1, 2010

If you’re making art, you’re making a contribution to change the future.
Your creative activity fuels the collective global consciousness. No act of creation goes unnoticed. Whether it’s a sculpture made in your quiet studio or a monologue rehearsed to an empty theater, your expression activates the law of attraction. Like attracts like. Your art [...]

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The Creator State: a theory and a novel

by Sandra Walter May 24, 2010

My first novel, The Creator State, contains a theory about the connection artists have to the collective consciousness when they create. The theory behind The Creator State is gaining credibility in the nonfiction realm with the recent discoveries in quantum physics. I’ll be writing more about that over the summer.
My book explores a few exciting [...]

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Stick to the vision, but allow for brilliance

by Sandra Walter May 17, 2010

Lynne Drexler is my new inspiration. I ran across her paintings in an ad for the McCormick Gallery in Art News, and saw a few more at the Artropolis show in Chicago this month. Something about her work clicks with me, and she is influencing my latest “Vision” series as of 10pm last night.
The section [...]

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