The first time I found out what an artist’s date was around 4 years ago — the first time I made contact with the work of The Artists Way and one of the first times I reconnected with my inner artist…the inner Mindy Moo. A catalyst of cracking myself open and mending myself back together with loving, beautiful thread. In those 4 years, I’ve gone on hundreds of dates and made countless lists of creative and joyous ways to spend my time, but one activity always remained unchecked and undone…ride a horse. Something I have never done, but always dreamed of doing.

The excuses seemed to pile up and my horse riding was pushed to the side, week after week. But I still yearned to saddle up. This year, I got on the horse. Literally. Magical, mystical, healing, joyous, and giddy are a few words to describe how it felt.

I always thought of myself as a dolphin girl, rather than a horse girl. Meeting Sandy, with her big beautiful blue eyes and loving temperament changed that. Riding out into the water instead of land and hanging on as she swam (lunging in and out of the water, just like a dolphin), made me realize I don’t have to pick one or the other. Sometimes you get to have both. 99% of the time your inner artist wants you to have both.

Giddy up and give her want she wants.