Sandra Sealy

Discovering Distilled Creativity"Amazing how sitting down to listen with no distractions - no tv, no devices, no radio - can enhance your life; the sigh of the wind the only ambient noise. Then, in that still moment, your distilled creativity comes because you feel so connected to the Universe.

Thankfully existing only in SMALL pockets within our discipline, is __ntellectual_ snobbery. It__ a hushed but ugly truth that people are made to feel not worthy to be among a certain set _ didn__ attend the right school or don__ have the requisite abbreviations to follow their name. I know what that feels like. Good thing I'm pigheaded, have a bigger vision and committed to my craft, or I would__e succumbed to it long ago. That is why when I meet an emerging writer who__ serious about developing their craft, I try to encourage them as much as I can. I say IGNORE the highbrow cliques and prove your mettle by growing, accepting balanced feedback and most of all, creating work that will stand the test of time. Period.