#rockpaintingUnmoderated tagAll postsTrendingHotNewPromotedPayoutsalchemystones in #hive-148441 • 6 days 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 • 3 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Cleaning Out the Old to Make Room for the New!Over the past 3 days, I have been spending quite a bit of time sorting through some of my old boxes and bins. It's not exactly creative work, but I decided that it's…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • last monthArt 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: Moving Inventory Around... Moving inventory around — specifically moving items I have had for sale all over the web to a single location on Etsy — is really quite a tedious process. ![AS-0004-Stone-Blue.jpg](alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 2 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 • 2 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 • 2 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." ![AS005-Chakra4-6.jpg](alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 2 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 agoArt and Creativity Journal: Last Week I Painted — Week Five, 2026This time, we not only made it to Week Five of my new work recaps, but also to the month of February; conitnuing to share painted stones completed during the previous week.…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 2 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 • 2 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 • 2 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 • last yearArt and Creativity Journal: Falling Out of the Creative Habit?I found myself with a little extra time on my hands this morning, so I headed for my creativity space with the intention of getting some work done... after almost a three-week…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • last yearArt and Creativity Journal: Time — a Precious Commodity!Wow, it has been quite a while since I last updated... which is basically an honest indication that I have not spent any significant time doing things creative. ![AS318-SmallBlue.JPG](alchemystones in #hive-148441 • last yearArt and Creativity Journal: Quest for InspirationI seem to have fallen back into a pattern I was stuck in many years ago, in which I only sit down and work on art at times when I'm waiting for something else to either finish or…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 11 months agoArt and Creativity Journal: Sad Blessings in Disguise?Sadly, the creativity doldrums continue to make their presence felt around here. Sadly — as well — I haven't really done anything of note in my creative space since the last…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • 2 years agoArt and Creativity Journal: Beachtripping and LinktreeThis week, I have been doing my best to "stay active" on the creative path, although it feels a bit like I am living in Limbo Land. Limbo Land being that place of waiting…alchemystones in #hive-148441 • last monthArt 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 • 18 days 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 • last yearArt and Creativity Journal: Getting Oriented for a New YearHappy New Year! One of the things I like the most about January 1st is that I get to draw a symbolic line under the year that went and open a new page for the new year. 
