Kristin Bauer on the Sanctuary of Creative Expression | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

Kristin Bauer portrays the deliciously imperious vampire Pam on the HBO series “True Blood.” But in addition to acting, she has been drawing since around age twelve. She notes on her site, “I have kept it up out of pleasure and also a needed sanctuary from the harder parts of life.”

Creative expression as a refuge, even a force for healing, is a motivation for many creative people. Creating can be rejuvenating for Bauer and other artists - and for anyone - also because it can be a means to explore and release deeper levels of ourselves.