An interviewer noted Laurel Holloman had “a very successful niche for herself as an indie film / cutting edge TV actress” before she shifted her career to being a painter.
Holloman summarizes:
“I was in the middle of a transition. I went back to [Tribeca in] New York where I first started acting and felt most creative, got a painter’s loft and single parented.
“I didn’t go out a lot – there was a lot of loneliness. It was like a cocoon.
“I created this art cocoon where I forced myself to paint every day.
“In it I purged a lot of the sadness, which possibly could be the pain of my separation.
“All I know is that it was like a clinging on to whatever my identity was before I got married and had kids. This creative person.
“I felt I was getting back almost to the person I was right out of college. And that’s why I was painting.”
She adds, “I really love painting because it’s 100% mine.
“I wanted to have something where I was being creative but I could also have control over two things: the time it takes to create and complete creative control over what it is.
“You don’t have that in film-making. In film-making you have to collaborate with everyone else.”
From article Laurel Holloman: “I shouldn’t identify as bisexual” by Rachel Shelleym Diva Magazine, 11 Apr 2011.
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I first heard about Holloman when she was acting, and made an insightful comment about one of her co-stars on the Showtime series “The L Word,” Jennifer Beals – who once said:
“I get emotional all the time. I get emotional every time I make a speech, or talk about other cast members.
“Every now and again, my heart just explodes and expands.”
Holloman said:
“If Jennifer is passionate about something, it comes to the surface within seconds.
“My theory on that is all the best actors have a couple of layers of skin peeled away.
“There’s a huge emotional life in Jennifer, and it’s kind of beautiful.”
From my article To Master Your Art, Master Your Mind – Mihaela Ivan Holtz, PhD provides psychotherapy for creative people in TV/Film, performing and fine arts, and writes about the emotional and creative pleasures of this inner life – and its challenges.
In an article of hers, she notes: “As a creative or performer you live in a rich and fascinating inner world. Your art – singing, acting, dancing, or writing – allows you to fully feel and express the depth of your inner world.”
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Douglas Eby (M.A./Psychology) is author of the The Creative Mind series of sites which provide “Information and inspiration to help creative people thrive.”
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