Ally Markotich - Communion with Love - Clinic 1A Gallery & Eye Center Concourse Display

In what way does being in relationship with the vastness of sacred love — a love that receives everything from death to life — influence connection with myself, others & the spaces I roam? As an artist, this is what I dwell upon when I create. I explore the liminal meeting space between human (matter) and Divine (Spirit) and the way in which this loving communion propels compassionate action.

Creating art is my spiritual practice. It’s here that I come to be with Divine Love. To me, art is an opportunity to make room for stillness and inner knowing. I rarely have music on when I create. Instead, I enter into solitude to connect and create an offering to a higher Source that lives within and around me.
I arrive to the blank page inquisitive as to what will appear — there’s not an “end in mind” or a specific color palette as I begin. I view white space as a mystery to be unveiled. A line unfurls — I attempt not to dominate the way this line reveals itself. Then, there’s a dance, a conversation, a prayer that takes place as I observe the shapes that have shown up. Slowly, a form appears with an invitation to commune with her. I develop this playful presence and add color. This is a time of deep listening to Divine wisdom within— it’s in the quiet gaze that I receive insight from the Love that lives in my core.

My art and words are an expression to unite and bring a story of wholeness — one that includes the gift of the Sacred feminine. Her presence has been limited, changed or deleted out of faith communities. As I research and spend time with her, a new vantage point opens: She invites growth in her womb. She births light through darkness. She is one who knows herself and listens to her bodily wisdom. She is connected to the living with compassion and celebration. She honors the rhythms and cycles of nature. She is curious about the unknown. She has the ability to hold both joy and pain. Her words breathe life for those who have ears to hear. She is medicine for a world in need.

Sacred imagination, metaphor and symbol are woven into my art. Together, they allow me to explore both the lighthearted nature of whimsy as well as soulful deep inquiries that rise to my awareness as I make. I believe being in communion with Love changes everything — the way we speak to one another, the way we honor the environment, the way we open arms to “the other” in our midst. May we make room to welcome Love in and deeply know that this Love belongs to each one of us.

Ally Markotich is an artist and Practitioner of Creative Formation. She is the creator of Soul Kindling LLC, and Colorful Me Sanctuary, an online creative respite where sacred creativity meets imagination. She guides feminine soul explorers to engage creativity in relationship to Divine Love. Ally inspires her clients to express their truest colors and link to their inner spark of Wisdom so they may confidently live into their sacred story with creative rhythm, colorful vision and feminine connection.
Ally is certified as a Red Thread Guide and Intentional Creativity® Educator from Musea
and in Spiritual Formation from Columbia Theological Seminary. She graduated with a BFA (Graphic Design) from Alfred University (1999). She’s an active guild member of Musea trained by artist, Shiloh Sophia.