Today’s post is the check-in for Week Twelve, Recovering a Sense of Faith. This is also the last day of my work through The Artist’s Way. I’ll still be posting through the end of 100 Liminal Days, just without the structure from the book I’ve been using over the last twelve weeks. Here’s how the final days through the book have gone!

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The Artist’s Way Week Twelve Check-In

How many days this week did you do your Daily Pages? How was the experience?

I am keeping my pen flowing steadily through my Daily Pages, and this last week included the usual mix of mundane and insightful. I did shift my schedule so that I am doing a workout first thing when I wake up instead of writing Pages first thing, and I’ve been surprised to discover that I prefer this order over the old. Getting my body moving first, gives me a little time to wake up more before sitting down to write. I think I’ve had more insightful moments in my journal time since I’m not still in that groggy fog of the morning.

Did you do your Artist Date this week? What did you do? How did it feel?

Yes, and it was my favorite so far! I hiked at The Bull Creek Preserve and made a qigong practice video for beginners while I was out there. It was so quiet – I didn’t see a soul until I got to the end of the trail. This part of the greenbelt is gorgeous and I’m already planning to go back again on Tuesday.

Did you experience any synchronicity this week? What was it?

Yes, there is a theme that keeps coming up everywhere I learn – this concept of paradox and holding tension between opposing forces. I attempted to share more about this on Day 76/100 when I wrote about Wuji and the Third Way. Then, as I listened to a podcast interview with Brené Brown this morning during my cardio workout, I laughed when I heard Brené say that she wants her children to learn the skill of holding tension and paradox instead of being so quick to choose a side.

Then, at church, the sermon was about the question that Mary asked the angel, Gabriel when he said she would conceive a child. Mary asked, “How will this be?” The message was all about how answers are not direct in these “liminal spaces” (yes, the pastor even said that phrase!) Inspired by Eugene H. Peterson’s concept of the middle voice in prayer, the discussion was around how we ought to learn how to move into a dynamic of participating with God, versus being the passive object of God’s power, or the opposite, telling God what to do on your behalf.

More and more, I am noticing this idea of middle space offering us an opportunity for outcomes that are beyond our dreams or imagination. I’ve mostly thought of liminal spaces in the context of big life changes like what I’ve been experiencing, but now I’m wondering if there is a micro-version of a liminal space we can create for ourselves to move through life with more intention and alignment with our dharma or calling. More to chew on here.

Were there any other issues this week that you consider significant for your recovery? Describe them.

I posted that qigong practice video on YouTube and have been sharing chopped up clips as Shorts over the last couple of weeks. To my delighted surprise, I have gained more than 50 new subscribers in the last week and am seeing my newsletter list grow week by week as well. This encourages me to keep making videos and writing – not because I want to entertain or even just to educate others, but I am seeing how what I am passionate about is gathering more community around the liminal space and qigong. I’m really excited to keep creating and sharing, and to see where this leads as I go.

Next week, my goal is to dig deeper into some of the metaphors and stories I have been sharing on the blog, and to refine some of my creative thinking into concepts that are easier for others to understand and apply in their own lives, too. Let’s keep going!

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