Laura Hollick - Soul Art Studio

'Express your Iconic Trait'. Laura Hollick photographed by Kevin Thom. Makeup by Robin Wright.

Living your Iconic Trait is about being the full embodiment of your Spirit on Earth.
It is about creating your entire life as a work of art.

With the recent death of Elizabeth Taylor I was reflecting on her life and celebrating the power of this woman. She lived a life that was uniquely hers. She lived her Iconic Trait, she embodied her spirit, she lived her life as art, she was a Soul Artist.

I believe the true desire deep in the heart of all of us is to be the living embodiment of our Spirit on Earth. When we fully embody our spirit we naturally exude our Iconic Trait and every day becomes the unfolding of our own masterpiece.

Connecting with your Iconic Trait starts with connecting with your spirit.

Here are 8 Tips for Living Your Iconic Trait and Being a Soul Artist

1. Recognize yourself as the final authority on your life.

2. Place a high value on your unique creative spirit.

3. Take exquisite care of yourself.

4. Trust yourself enough to know what wants to flow through you is beautiful.

5. See yourself as part of an ecosystem, and know what is unique about you is an essential part of the ecosystem.

6. Start noticing what is extraordinary in others. The more you see it in others the more you’ll be able to see it in yourself.

7. Strengthen your courage and share your deepest Self with the World.

8. Be who you dream of being.

What are some other tips you could share to help people live their Iconic Trait and be a Soul Artist?

3 Tips to build your confidence in calling yourself an artist

1.Surround yourself with inspiration

When you are inspired you generate ideas. Inspired ideas are messages from your spirit.
Surround yourself with things that inspire you and spark your creativity.
ie. be in nature, look at colors, touch fabrics, etc..

2. Honor your ideas

When an inspired ideas comes to you, you need to honor that idea by doing something with it.
ie. write your ideas down in your journal

3. Value your creativity

If you want to feel serious about being an artist, you need to take it seriously. Value yourself and your expression by carving out time and space for your ideas to develop and grow.

*As you implement these 3 tips you will feel more comfortable and confident calling yourself an artist!

View Magazine is featuring an article on the ‘Birth Your Dreams’ exhibition and made it a Cover feature.  We created a mini-video to show you what really goes on behind the scenes of making a Cover image.  In this video you’ll see Laura working with photographer Kevin Thom and hair and makeup artist Sue Upton to create a slightly ‘risky’ image.