International Soul Art Day Gallery

What Inspired you to do a Soul Art journey?

I have not made any new Soul Art for about 2 years and I not only missed the creative outlet but felt my artist self calling to me.

How would you describe your creative process?

Listening step by step. After I traced my body parts, I couldn’t make sense of the lines – which was my legs, arms, hips, torso. Which overlapped each other, which were separate. So I asked which color wanted to be used first, and where. And went through all the areas that way.
Then in the evening a yellow tube of paint came to me, then a rubber duck & I knew they were to be added next. I asked what wanted to be added next and I got symbols from my Creativity Doors.
The next night penguins came to me so I added them – dancing. The piece is unfinished as a giraffe has come to me, a dolphin and a spyhopping whale. We’ll see what makes it onto the canvas. A black jaguar and a white fox had come to me but they’re not around anymore, so I won’t be adding them. I ask the animals/beings and the painting where they’d like to be and then add them. It’s a listening and then acting – just like I do in exploring life.

What insight did you receive from your Soul Art?

The insights are many and still unfolding as it’s still an evolving piece. My intention was: “I’m a joyous powerhouse artist of life” and after the base layer was painted my artwork added “from my head to my toes and beyond.” I was prompted to watch the movie Auntie Mame while painting it and when I heard her motto, “Live, live, live! Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death” I thought, oh yes, that’s definitely an inspiration to be an artist of life!
Then I was prompted to watch 50 First Dates as I continued to paint and was inspired by it to approach the canvas — really each canvas, and my life — anew each time I come to it.
And I love the play of it all — the multi dimensions, the boldness, the colors, the beings and energies all cavorting in space. It’s how I am when I’m most me and so the piece brings me back to me when I’ve contracted over something, how does it get any better than that? The colors are bolder than I’ve ever played with in the past, as well as the size of the canvas — all of it is calling me into a greater embodiment of me in my life and my art.

What is the most important thing you would like to share about your Soul Art experience?

This whole experience was such an inspiration for me. To be a featured Soul Art Guide and even more to be included in the Integration livestream was such an honor and kept calling me to step into more of me and my art. And reconnecting with Soul Art reminds me anew how rich and deep the process can be.
Most of my other Soul Art pieces I completed in a day but this one is calling to me to savor it, steep with it, and be present with it fully and allow it to unfold in its own time.
I am infinitely grateful to Laura Hollick for creating the Soul Art process and International Soul Art Day and to Kevin Thom and Daniella and everyone who participated, making the experience what it was and what continues to unfold from it.