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thoughts: dime a dozen; YOU: divinely unique

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I've lived my life in a continuous state of needing to create.  In my late 20's, I had a couple of epiphanies. First, I realized that if I stopped creating, then emotionally I started dying. Second, I began to recognize how thoughts were hampering my creative process.  So, I loaded up a brush and painted this statement on the wall of my studio:  "Art is what YOU make. Not what you think you should make."  I had become aware that my uniqueness as an artist and creator, that part of me that is the source or conduit of creative energy has intrinsic value and is distinctly different than my thinking mind. And letting this creativity "happen", free of thoughtful scrutiny, is essential. As I've matured, the dance that my creative self does with my thinking mind has continued. Most of the time, I watch my thoughts from a vantage point just beyond their power to do harm. I work on a spiritual level to honor and appreciate the ME that exists i