Appreciation

“If you’re ready for a creative journey that will alter your life for the better, there’s no better guide for that journey than Laura. It would be a gift to your soul to be in her company.”

~ Jan Phillips, Author of "Marry Your Muse"

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Writings done while on retreat with Laura:

"I got my hands in paint today
Sounds of gurgling water
Sweet music
Beautiful flowers
Gracious teacher
Quiet, order, allowing, peace
All nurturing,
About me – not about the world
Not helping, fixing, accommodating, pleasing, nurturing others.

I didn’t know I missed this.

My life is too full of coming, going, doing, putting away, cleaning, TV,
And not enjoying the solitude and beauty.
There is always a long list, places to go, things to do, people to remember.

I love this moment; it allows the emotions and tears to well.
I am surprised.
I didn’t know I missed this. I will create more space like this in my life.”

~ Judy Eberhardt, Photographer and Retired Director of Student Counseling,
Palomar College

“ I like what this brings out in me – a self that flows, knows what it wants and is pleased by its own creation. I like the sensual in this – I feel the colors, I feel the paper, I see beauty around me, I smell fresh air and earth, I hear people laughing and the ocean breathing. I am happy for no reason – being INSIDE my art, inside my thoughts, closer to my heart – giving full attention to what’s ready to be born in me.”

~ Jan Thompson, Executive Coach

“I got my hands in paint today
Didn’t put it on a wall but on paper and plastic and fingers (cautiously).
I got my hands in paint today
Didn’t put it on a wall but in my head and my heart and my soul.
I got my hands in paint today
Didn’t put it on a wall but got to use colors I would never put on a wall.
I got my hands in paint today
Didn’t put it on a wall but my body got to dance with paint.
I got my hands in paint today
Didn’t put it on a wall but entered a brave new world.
I got my hands in paint today
Didn’t put it on a wall but communed with the artists who are my friends.
I got my hands in paint today
Didn’t put it on a wall but I knocked one down.
I got my hands in paint today”

~ Linda Kleinschmidt, Manager, Tradesur Inc.