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The Value of Knowing Your Values

Winona Nelson

  Think about what your dream life looks like. If you picture it, placing no constraints on yourself to keep it humble or realistic, what would your fairy tale best life be?     In mine, I am a celebrated author and illustrator. I increase representation of Native American people, queer people, women, and other marginalized groups, and make them feel bigger and more powerful. I spend my days in a beautiful house and make the…

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Beyond The Orbs Of Sight

Vanessa Lemen

July 17, 2025 - I think as creative humans, it’s important to have a deep and strong connection to the senses. And I feel that all senses are a support to the others. They work in tandem, and along with understanding and openness, a presence. For example, let’s take what it is to see. What does “to see” mean to you? I feel that to see is… To be awake, aware, to let ourselves be lifted by all that we are a part of. To feel and breathe the surroundings. To notice and admire from the simplest to the most complex of things. To be carved into something new by the witnessing and the desire for an understanding of what we feel a pull towards. To be present, immersed in the sound and sights and what is felt and…

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