inspire spiritual and personal transformation. They feature waves of "intense color" that convey boundless growth opportunities. She receives inspiration from live music and her own ideas or emotions. She begins painting by nurturing and allowing a story to develop. She uses devices, such as playing music or audiobooks, to allow herself to freely and spontaneously let the painting emerge without overthinking. When she paints live, Sage often receives a nugget from a conversation as inspiration for her work. She sees visionary art as a cultural phenomenon and an art form that tells a universal story of interconnectedness of life and the divine. Believing that "art is a powerful, symbolic language," transformation is the ultimate goal to entice awareness and actions to consciously care for one another and the earth. Personally, "it's a practice, a meditation, and a dedication that takes me into a space of contemplation." The egg is a common motif in her works. It represents the seed of life and a doorway or portal to the infinite. Sage has said that it is her intention "to create portals that open to the infinite possibilities of being and expressing, so that we may remember and re-discover who we are, where we originate from and where we are headed." Another symbolic reference is "the train" meant to convey regenerative, infinite journeys to bring about spiritual, educational, creative and practical transformation. The work, Regeneration, made in 2012, is one of her favorite paintings: "It encompasses a very simple vision and scenario on which to meditate... It is the journey of regeneration, activation, collaboration, and participation – rooted in compassion, forgiveness, and love." Notes References Further reading External links Official Website 1978 births Living people Fantastic realism American women painters Psychedelic artists Visionary artists American contemporary painters Waldorf school alumni Painters from Colorado 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American women artists