International Soul Art Day Gallery

What Inspired you to do a Soul Art journey?

This was my very first Soul Art Day, and I felt something inside me quietly calling for it.
Not to do more, but to be,
to return to something I hadn’t felt in a while,
creating for ME
as a kind of gentle fire to nuture.
A space where I could just be with what wanted to come through me,
without pressure.

I’ve always believed in the healing power of art
not as a performance, as something which has to be always pretty
but as a deeply personal, soulful process.
And even more, I believe in making art together, in community,
in safe spaces where we’re allowed to explore and express who we are becoming.

This was my way to say YES.
To my own process. And to the softness I’ve been longing to return to.

So thank you for creating this herfelt event.
Merci.
Arigatou gozaimasu.

How would you describe your creative process?

It’s emotional, intuitive, sensory and layered.
Both playful, explorative and quite deep.

As i have interests in many creative endeavors,
papermaking, bookbinding, suminagashi, origami, watercolor…

here
I followed the current of what wanted to emerge.
I started this piece with this unfolding flower in mind with blue and orange colors
the fiery oranges of inner transformation and the deep blues of emotional waters.
In Human Design, I embody the Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix,
a mythic, mystical bird rising through cycles of death and rebirth.
This powerful symbolism resonates deeply with my own journey,
a continual process of shedding old layers and emerging anew,
transformed and awakened.

Using watercolor, collage, origami, and acrylics felt like harmonising all parts of myself.
Embracing the polarities.
ANd i wanted to illustrate the french expression
* avoir le coeur sur la main*
with hands ..who create, touch, offer and hold
and heart …who feels, gives, beating in the threshold of vulnerability and strength

the essence of generosity and openness,
the courage to share one’s true self with the world,

And as the analogy to coming back to our true nature
i added natural elements
The circle, a universal symbol of feminity, cycle of life, unity, presence, inner transformation
The flower, a reminder of grace.
The candle, as not only a symbol of inner creative fire,
but also as the flame of my soul, soft, wild, free and full of potential.

It’s always a dance between the conscious and the subconscious.
Between focus and surrender.

What insight did you receive from your Soul Art?

That I’m allowed to change.
To soften.
To be.

That I can rise without needing to push, to rush.
That my voice matters, even when it’s quiet.
This piece showed me how much I missed creating for myself, for fun, with no expectation, just the raw pleasure of expressing what wanted to be manifested.
It reminded me that my power lives in me being present
no judgment, no should, no has to
where I give myself permission to feel, to flow,
to not have it all figured out.

It told me:
your sensitivity isn’t something to fix
it’s where your grace lives.

And most of all, I saw the fire returning
not as a blaze to burn through everything,
but as a warm, soft flame, flickering yet alive.

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

Creating this piece felt like coming back home.

It gave me back a part of myself
a soft reminder of WHY I do this work
not only to hold space for others, but also to reconnect with myself.

As someone who supports sensitive women in expressing themselves and reclaiming their power
softly, creatively, sensorially
this moment felt like a sacred pause.
A breath.
A reset.

It reminded me to TRUST the process
something I’ve learned deeply through my training in expressive arts and Neurographica.

Because what we imagine in our mind
often transforms into something completely different once we begin creating.
Letting go of the perfectionist,
I watched the piece evolve over several days,
shifting and revealing new layers, new messages.
in sometimes a messy unfolding,
accepting, welcoming the unexpected result.

I believe this is where creativity truly lives:
In the space between intention and surrender.

Where the soul speaks louder than the mind,
and grace reveals itself through imperfection.

Living in Japan also deeply influence my work,
noticely the zen inspiration

– the wisdom of wabi-sabi, honoring the raw and embracing the imperfect
– the philosophy of kintsugi, where even our cracks become golden threads of resilience.

This soul led experience also rekindled my love for collective creativity
the unique woven tapestry that happens when we gather around a shared intention.
This is even how one of my collaborative global project Mama no Kokoro was born:
from that same place of gentle power.
Of creating not to impress,
but to reconnect to Kindred souls.

I carry this moment with deep gratitude.
Again thank you.
Merci
Arigatou gozaimasu