Laura Hollick - Soul Art Studio

Learn about the upcoming LAUNCH Soul Art workshop HERE
Soul Art studio is busy getting ready for the upcoming LAUNCH Soul Art workshop happening on January 30-31st 2010.

Did you know Soul Art studio was founded in 1999?

Over the past decade Soul Art studio has been facilitating creativity workshops and transformational experiences and ‘Launching’ 100′s of students to greater depths and new heights.

Check out this video featuring students’ Soul Art.

LAUNCH your own creative journey this year, join us in the upcoming Soul Art workshop, get all the details HERE

This video features the Soul Art of:  Katie West, Alison Braithwaite, Inga Bertelmann, Aprille Janes, Sabrina Armani, Anna Marson, Laura Doucette, Shara Ross, Wendy Vervoort and Becky Nada Rajah

Here are some of the faces of the Soul Art tribe

These are some of the magnificent people who courageously explore and express their creative spirit through Soul Art:
Katie West, April Severin, Erin-Blythe Reddie, Inga Bertelmann, Heather Fraser, Tara Wilkinson,(myself with) Joan Nathanson,  Tasha Hakeem, Lorraine Roy, Pamela Crechiola, Frances Campbell, Susan Kyle, Elizabeth Moonturtle, Sabrina Armani, Aprille Janes, Sally Cooper, Sharon Simpson

Laura Hollick is transformed by body painter Cherie Pia Grassa to become one with the Blue Forest.

I had no idea being blue would be so much fun!

In the forest with body painter Cherie Pia Grassa and hairstylist Mario Grassa. Photo by Kevin Thom

To see the final image of the Blue Forest CLICK HERE

My experience of the creative process feels like a Divine Love Affair. There is a passion that overtakes me as my spirit receives inspired ideas and births them into reality.

In order for there to be a creative birth, there needs to be a coming together of different energies.  I call this the ‘Union of Opposites’.

'Union of Opposites' Laura Hollick with Ken MacDonnell. Photo by Stephanie Bell

I believe the job of a Soul Artist is to make the invisible world of soul visible;  make the intangible  tangible;  and birth ideas into reality. This is the Divine Love Affair, this is the union of opposites.

The idea for this photo came to me while I was hiking in the snow last year.  Everything felt so magical I thought it would be a perfect way to illustrate the tingling feeling of the union of opposites.  Of course it is not real snow  (it is actually white flour).

I approached photographer Stephanie Bell about doing this shoot and she was into it and did a phenomenal job (even better than I imagined!).  Ken MacDonnell is the model along with me, he is a total delight to work with.

The exhibition ‘Birth Your Dreams’ is getting closer!

I’m busy working on the Pink Dragon in my Soul Art studio.
See behind the scenes as I create one of my sculptures.
Looking forward to showing you the completed piece at the opening on August 7th at 7pm at the Carnegie Gallery, 10 King st. West., Dundas.

Ever notice how life keeps changing and evolving?

It is easy to embrace change when it feels better than where you were before. But when you feel uncertain as to whether the change is better or not, it is easy to resist it.

For enjoyable change there are two main ingredients:

CLEAR DIRECTION & WILLINGNESS TO STRETCH BEYOND WHAT YOU CURRENTLY ARE

‘Clear direction’ happens when you know what you want. When you know what you want you can direct everything about yourself towards it. So even when things seem to be going wrong, it is easy to get things back on track when you know where you ultimately want to go.

This can be comparable to goal setting, although I view it a bit differently. To me, ‘Clear Direction’ is about having your intention solidly in place.

To find out if your intention is solidly in place, ask yourself this question:

What is the essence of what I want?

To be able to answer this question, you first need to know what you want, and then you need to be able to identify the emotion underneath it. This means, you need to know what you believe you would feel if you got what you wanted.

For example, if I say “I want a new haircut”, and I believe that if I get the new haircut I will feel more
stylish, than the essence of what I want is to feel stylish.

So, what is the essence of what you want?

If you can answer this question your direction will feel clear. If you can’t answer this question just yet, I invite you to ponder on it further, as it will reveal itself to you if you keep asking.

As you are changing and evolving in your life:
Be kind with yourself
Be conscious
Have fun!