YOU ARE THE CREATOR
You’ll never regret being able to see
how colorful
life can be
Create your heaven on earth by using art as a vehicle to connect with yourself & the world around you on a deeper level.
“What if life were not a race to the finish line? But a dance to be danced, a song to be sung, a master piece to be unfolded? In a world that pushes us to work harder, the creative process shows us how to live better. Not just to make things, but to listen to life’s inspiration, meet the canvas with devotion, and go on that great journey of mastery… it’s about letting your very life become a great work of art.”
- Chelsea Putnam
Past event hosted by You Are The Creator
It’s time to create your way into a life you want to be apart of.
ABOUT OUR FOUNDER
YATC was founded by a black, bisexual, buddhist artist with OCD & ADHD. Her name is Lailona Holloway. Lailona has dealt with mental health issues for most of her sentient life. Among being a black girl growing up in a society that wants everyone to be light and all women to be quiet, she found it difficult to be in her own skin most times as a child. Being exposed to so many different cultures early in life and also having divorced parents, she got to see the diaspora of the human race, the different colors, cultures, temperaments, religions, philosophies.
Lailona started creating art at a very young age. At first it was just for fun, and then it was for necessity. When she didn’t know how to express her emotions, holding tightly onto her heart, she would write instead. And out would come poetry. When she wanted to break things and live loudly she would pick up a paintbrush and do abstract paintings, when she didn’t want to be who she was born into she would act, when she wanted to feel beautiful she modeled, when it felt like no one would listen, she sang. When movies became her closest friends, she made films.
Although deeply suffering with undiagnosed OCD in high school, she knew she had to live a little longer so maybe, just maybe she could save the world from all of its sufferings. She worried that the world would burn, before she knew it was actually burning. But she knew she didn’t want anyone to ever feel as indignant and docile as she did at the age of 15.
Soon after she was introduced to Nichiren Buddhism. Without this practice she denotes that she may not be here to tell this story. Being able to chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo and study Buddhist philosophy, she began to see real shifts in the life she thought was doomed to only get worse.
Through years of schooling, creating, chanting, therapy, cycles and bad habits, relationships, and places, she finally realized that to truly heal is connect to yourself and the world in a deeper way. She found that art was the perfect way to do so, now she wants to share it with you!
