About Sandy Gullikson

Before we end, I would like to talk about Sandy the illustrator and our journey on this book.

Many years ago, I purchased Sandy’s greeting cards.  Wanting more cards and not being able to find them, I phoned the “800-number” on the back of the card.  A few minutes later, Sandy returned my call.  She told me she liked to get to know her customers.  She lived in Vermont at the time.  She offered to send me a catalog of her cards.  It was a serendipitous encounter. After seeing more of her illustrations, with their whimsical, happy animals combined with their very insightful captions, I realized that Sandy was really speaking about the process of life itself.  She seemed to have a soulful, spiritual view of life, combined with wonderful humor. Her inspirational, uplifting designs reminded me very much of the process of change.  I always smiled at my favorite — Coyote and his red cowboy boots. Sandy and I spoke again, more than once, and I asked if she would be favorable to using her illustrations in this book on change.  I sent her the manuscript as it was then, and she was pleased to be part of the project.  She said she found it “inspirational and uplifting.” Much of the rest is history.  Sadly, I never met Sandy, who died in 2002 from Lou Gehrig’s disease.  ChangeArtist is our collaboration, and is a commemoration of the inspiration she gave to me and to others through her art.

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