Although I’ve finished working through The Artist’s Way, I’m following the same format for a weekly check-in. Here’s how the last week has gone.

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The Artist’s Way Week Thirteen Check-In

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

Aside from Saturday when I hosted my last Slow Second Saturday of the year and got busy with prep earlier than usual, I kept to my Daily Pages. My writing on a lot of the days this last week were repeating the number of things I still need to do before holiday gatherings. I’ve felt a lot of time pressure with all of the activities and events of the holiday season.

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

Yes, I went back to the Bull Creek Preserve, my new favorite hiking spot, and filmed a new qigong for beginners video. On this visit, I saw more people on the trails, and loved the interactions. I talked to a guy from Dallas whose wife was attending a conference in town, another guy with his two yellow labs who gave me hugs and kisses (the labs, not the guy) and I selected an ornament from a tree someone had decorated in memory of their loved one (Colton Roberts) who had been killed by an intoxicated driver.

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

I’ve written in more detail about this, but I dreamt of a tsunami approaching as I watched, curiously and without fear, through the window. After interpreting the dream and doing the simple ritual, I had a very meaningful and soulful interaction with an old friend. In this single conversation I caught a glimpse of my future work – writing about liminal navigation, qigong, and art. The tsunami represents my gifts arriving in faithful action and my liminality closing.

This dream and interaction reminded me of a Heaven and Hell journaling exercise I did in July where I named my dharma as a “river guide, but the river is made of tears.” It also tied to my poem called I Am Turquoise.

In physical form, the week was quite a normal week, but spiritually, my inner world was ablaze with passion and hope.

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

I mentioned Slow Second Saturday already, but as I reflect, this event I’ve been hosting almost monthly since March has been such a gift to myself. Bringing old friends and new friends together for waffles and creative time has been fun, but it also feels like a little glimmer of what my future work entails. I want to create events and hold space for others to deepen connection, creativity, and compassion for themselves and others. This single event does that for me and others in attendance. I’m so grateful to everyone who came out – we had 15 people in the house this time!

The coming week is quite busy with a trip to visit Mom in west Texas, hosting more family at our house over the weekend for Christmas celebrations, and working to submit another video into the Zodiac Games in the Dharma Artist Collective. I’ll share my video soon!

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