Flowing and trapped creative energy

Every artist has to be conscious of what is happening with their energy, is it flowing or is it trapped? When our creative energy flows we feel alive and thriving, when it is trapped we feel stuck, constricted and frustrated.  I have certainly felt the full range of...

Being a kid again

Flowing with creativity isn’t just about making things look pretty or being profound with some deep insight, although that can be the result of being creative. It is about letting the energy flow. Lately I’ve been on a marker kick which makes me feel like...

Sketchbook art

Being a creative thinker I understand things visually, symbolically and metaphorically.  When I want to understand something, I will create a visual sketch of it and somehow magically it makes sense. I wanted to share this sketch from my sketchbook with you, because I...

Union of Opposites

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...

Spirit Signs, Symbols & Clues

Whenever I feel like I don’t know what to do or what direction to take I listen inwardly and I ask my spirit to send me a clue or symbol that I’ll understand. Through many deep spirit conversations the red bird has become a strong symbol for me to let me...

What do you do when people don’t like what you do?

It certainly can sting when other people don’t like what you do. I have received my share of criticism, judgment, and ridicule. Here are a few things that people have actually said and written to me.. “Laura Hollick is a wing nut”, “you are...