Week 10: Starting a Blog
On a Friday morning, I was at my GP’s to get a prescription for medication. I told her how good I felt since I started my daily morning pages and my weekly artist dates....
Category: Weeks 1-10
Week 9: Making Soap
My artist date for this week took place in the kitchen. I had never made soap before, and thought it would be complicated. The contrary was true! It was actually both easy and fun....
Week 8: Breakfast in a Church Hotel
Martin’s Patershof is a beautiful church hotel in Mechelen that is well worth a visit, according to my sister-in-law. It’s only 5 kilometers from where I live, so spending the night there would feel...
Week 7: Ascent of St Rombold’s Tower
It was a cold, sunny winter day. Perfect for an ascent of St Rombold’s Tower in Mechelen I thought. This wasn’t the first time I’ve climbed it but that was a long time (back...
Week 6: Baking a Rice Cake
Even though, for some, it might sound like a recap from the first week’s date, that didn’t bother me at all when starting this one. My husband and oldest son like rice cakes, and...
Week 5: Making a Macrame Owl
In primary school, I made a few bracelets from macrame, but besides that I had no experience. From the age of 12, I never used macrame again. So I thought this would be a...
Week 4: Making a Pancake Plant from Glass
Glass had already fascinated me for a long time, and I had been following Gregory Moulin, the glass artist, for some time. Embarking on the journey of the Artist’s Way, it felt like the...
Week 3: Cuddling Cows
On a cold Saturday, I went to a dairy farm in Ravels (Belgium) that offers special cow cuddling sessions. The farm is still active and produces milk, but alongside this main activity, the farmer...
Week 2: An Individual Sound Bell Relaxation Session
It was a small door I had to enter to get into a room with a massage table in the middle of it. If I’m honest, this was totally not what I was expecting...
Week 1: Trying out a New Dessert
In my first week of artist dates, I started out with a recipe for a dessert I had never made before but that I like ordering in restaurants: panna cotta with passion fruit. I...
Lieve Freia, Wat geweldig! Hoe mooi dat je je proces deelt met de wereld! Ik heb bewondering voor hoe je…