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“The creative process taps into our deepest subconscious, and we…” quote by Lynn Coady — Download Open image

“The creative process taps into our deepest subconscious, and we are each of us sex-crazed - products of a shame-based Judeo-Christian culture that has irrevocably warped us all to varying degrees.”

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