PostsCommentsalchemystones in #hive-148441 • 5 days agoArt and Creativity Journal: "Big" Beach Trip Upcoming!Although I have sporadically mentioned that I could really use some high quality stones to paint on — stones that are better than what we can find here on our local beaches —…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 12 days agoArt and Creativity Journal: Events Falling Into PlaceAlthough my creativity hasn't been anything to write home about lately, a few peripheral things are falling into place. Specifically, our outside events schedule is…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • last monthArt and Creativity Journal: June Gloom in MayGreetings, from the creative doldrums of my mind! The climate around here usually provides us with something we call the "June Gloom." It has salchemystones in #hive-148441 • last monthArt and Creativity Journal: Questioning My Assumptions Lately, I have not been feeling very creative. Each time I have sat down in an attempt to start painting something, I've gotten back up after about 5 minutes and decided that I…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 2 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Things Work... Until They Don't So, I managed to make it 13 weeks into my good intentions of making a weekly post of creative work from the previous week. And then things pretty much fell apart. ![2755.jpg](alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 2 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Spring Beach Combing Since it was a really nice spring day today, and my general level of motivation felt somewhere close to zero, I decided the best way to spend the day was to take a good long walk…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 2 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Thirteen, 2026Continuing on, building my 2026 "Work Catalog." To recap: these are simple photos of the stones just painted during the preceding week, shown in "raw" format, before they get…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 3 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Some Weeks Are Better Than Others!Normally, Monday is a reserved for the weekly update on the work I managed to do in the course of the previous seven days. That is to say, the painting work I did. ![2115.jpg](alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 3 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Ten, 2026Week ten turned out to be the least productive — at least from a painting perspective — week of the year, so far. Mostly, my only "creative" endeavors were related to…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 3 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Wear and Touch-UpsThe thing about objects that are meant to be picked up — and used as meditation stones or something similar — is that they invariably end up getting picked up! ![2293.jpg](alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 3 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Nine, 2026Week nine turned out to be a moderately good week, creativity wise. That said, most of my time was actually spent transferring inventory to Etsy and working on creating content…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 3 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: "Cleaning House" is a Lot of Work!Undertaking major changes, whether it is to your life, or to a process within that life is often more work than we originally think. As I have written aalchemystones in #hive-148441 • 3 months agoA Look at PeakD's New "Store" Feature — A User's Out-Of-Box ExperienceBack in December, I was excited to learn about a new initiative from @peakd, which is basically a "store" feature integrated into the UI for those wishing to actually…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 3 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Eight, 2026Week eight was an extremely modest week, as far as painting work is concerned, but continuing on with creating this 2026 "Work Catalog." These are simple photos of the stones…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 4 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Seven, 2026Catching up, and now sharing work from week 7 — continuing to share painted stones completed during the preceding week. These are simple photos of the stones just painted, shown…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 4 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Six, 2026Finally getting around to posting Week Six of my new work recaps, running late due to a busy week; continuing to share painted stones completed during the preceding week. These…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 4 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Art vs. LifeI have been rather remiss in posting updates for a while. My most accurate explanation for why that is would be to say that life is interfering with my creativity! ![AS24-006a.jpg](alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 4 months agoCreating Metaphysical Art: What is Real and What is Imaginary?One of our "gimmicks" — or marketing approaches — we use when it comes to presenting Alchemy Stones to the public has always been that they have "metaphysical value." 
