Deborah Cooke: Author

So, how is your journey with The Artist’s Way going?

Did you do your artist date? What did you do?

How about those morning pages? Doing them every day?

I found it really easy to get back into the habit of doing the morning pages. I’ve done this program so many times and each time I start, I wonder why I stopped doing the pages. They’re easy and they work, and they don’t take that much time. It’s amazing how much garbage clutters up my thoughts on a daily basis. The pages let me dump it out and move on. It’s like taking out the trash!

I’m trying to be vigilant about keeping my artist dates. This has been the part that I’ve skipped over or evaded in the past, so I really want to conquer it this time. What I really want is to see how much difference it makes. This past week, I went to a fabric store – still on my fabric thing – but I allotted lots of time to do it. It’s a store I go to often, but I never really look around. Instead of dashing in for a spool of thread and out again, last week I took the time to look at all their fabrics. They had a lot of new spring stock in, plus I went through the quilting fabrics, which I’ve never looked at there before. Brought home a little pile of pretty fat quarters to play with. They’re in bright colours, colours I don’t usually buy, but I liked them. It was fun – and yes, I am a cheap date!

In terms of the writing, I had a very good week. It’s been a while since I’ve had that sense of the words just flowing from my fingertips but it’s back – thanks to Julia Cameron and The Artist’s Way. It’s a very good feeling.

So, how did all of you do?