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DIVINE ENERGY Nancy Mills empowers others to heal through art
STORY BY KAMALA KIRK | IMAGES OF NANCY BY LUIS CHAVEZ; ARTWORK COURTESY OF NANCY MILLS
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Playa Vista resident Nancy Mills is an energy artist, empowerment leader and builder of community who helps heal and support women. 28 PLAYA VISTA DIRECT | JUNE - JULY 2021 28 PLAYA VISTA DIRECT | JUNE - JULY 2021
ust before Nancy Mills turned 70, she discovered her calling as an energy artist. While meeting for coffee with an intuitive close friend, Mills asked what was on the horizon. Her friend said she envisioned her painting. “I couldn’t even hold a ruler. My response to her was that she had lost her mind,” Mills says with a laugh. “The last time I had painted I was 5 years old.” Shortly after her friend’s prediction, Mills had a reading with a well-known hand analyst, who observed that she had the hands of a painter and told her she would be filled with passion if she painted. “Two weeks later, I went to a meeting that ended up being canceled but no one told me,” Mills says. “I drove down the street and came across a sign in the window that said, ‘Anyone can paint.’ I stopped the car, ran inside and said, ‘I’m here!’ This all happened around the spring equinox. I ultimately found my way to watercolors and realized I had a gift. I could feel spiritual energy come through my hands, paint and colors. I get messages as I paint.” Mills finishes painting quickly and she never knows what the finished product will look like. While painting, she is directed to various vibrant colors that just show up in her work. “Most artists know what they’re painting in advance, but in my case I get an urge and start painting,” Mills explains. “It’s just as amazing to me as it is to other people who see my work. I started painting when I was 70 and since then I have created over 400 paintings.” Realizing that she could do the same for others, Mills bought a webcam (Continued on page 30)
