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Come on...Tell us what you know...

8/25/2020

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Soon Awena bade Hewy to return to his room as the dawn was approaching. Reluctantly, he started for the door to find another Sleeping Sister waiting to lead him back to his room.  As he followed her, Hewy repeated the prophecy over and over in his mind so he would remember all of it.​
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The next morning, as he and the others were taken to the breakfast meal, Hewy again passed the doors where he had found Awena.  This morning they were closed and he also noticed that they did not meet any other Sisters on their way to the dining room.  "I wonder where they are," he thought.  He did not know that the other Sisters were meeting with Awena while he sat for the meal.
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"Hewy, are you okay?" Efem asked as she noticed he was only picking at his meal.  "What is happening here?"
​After a long pause, Hewy finally answered.  "It all about a prophecy and a Dragon..." he began.
"Awena told you a prophecy?" asked Parsley.  "What do you remember of it?  And she thinks it is about a Dragon?"
Hewy paused for a moment before answering.  "The prophecy includes a Troll that must mend what was broken, the last Wish Dragon, a Dryad who has forsaken it's way, a musician, and one other who was unnamed.  The unnamed one will ask the Wish Dragon for something and if the Dragon is not taught it will cause the destruction of the Realm."
​Efem, Cornelia, and Parsley all looked at each other in shock.  A Dryad who has forsaken it's way - what could that mean and who could it be?  Each of them secretly thought that they could be the one.  Parsley who decided to work with herbs and flowers instead of trees, Cornelia who talked to animals and the bees, and finally, Efem who had given up teaching many years ago.  Each felt that in some way they had forsaken their way.
​Sprout was the first to ask Hewy, "and you are the Troll?"  Hewy looked at Sprout with a small smile and told him "that's what Awena thinks anyhow?"
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​Efem piped in, "Did she tell you anything about the others mentioned in the prophecy?"  Hewy frowned and replied, "No, after she told me of the prophecy, the night was ending and the dawn was near.  I was asked to return to my room. I didn’t see or hear anything until I was invited to breakfast with the rest of you," Hewy answered.
"We need to talk more about the prophecy and exactly what Awena told you. Prophecy is fickle.  Every word can have a hidden meaning and every sentence may have several outcomes that are not expected," said Cornelia.  "My home is the closest.  Let's go there and talk when we are done here.  Maybe Nemmer will be there with news of the Dragon he was sent out to find.  He does seem to be the center of everything."
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​"Hungry?" asked Sprout.
​"I am sure I can make you something," answered Cornelia with a smile.  "Nemmer is the greatest hunter in all of the Realms." Cornelia boasted. "If anyone can find a lost baby Dragon, it will be him. While we wait I can make you something to eat."
​"No... The dragon's name is Hungry," replied Sprout.
​The others decided that Cornelia was right.  They needed to talk and get the latest update on the search for the young Dragon   Hewy knew that he needed the others to help solve the prophecy's mystery.
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The Fun, The Daring... The Challenge

8/18/2020

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The black glove was, so to speak, tossed to the ground.  Well that is what they used to do when a person was issued a challenge.  Would I pick it up and accept it?  Of course I would! *lol

​Here is the challenge.  Another artist (who will remain nameless until the end of our game), challenged me to a Fairy House Creative Challenge.
To be fair, we will both start from the same house design.  Next, it will be up to each of us to decide what it will look like.  The only limitations being that it must either become a woodland (like a mouse or tree like house) or a fairy home.  We also both had the same types of battery operated light strings if we chose to use them.
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Now you might be interested in wondering why the first thing I did was run to find some brown paper bags.  This has always been a favorite technique that I like using to change the shape of something.  It involves brown paper, glue and candles.  Though right now I am so busy creating the shape, I haven't had a chance to use the candles yet.  I still have not decided if I am going to do the full effect though.  If you have tried this technique with paper bags, then you might have seen the bronze-like look it creates.  Since I am shooting more for a tree trunk effect, I might pass on the candle soot look part.


And a tomato sauce can?  What mischief am I up too? *lol
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​Here is a hint... every fairy house should have a way to warm up the place during those cool fall evenings or blustery winter days.
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This isn't a project that will happen overnight but it is something that will challenge my creative juices.  After all, I have someone that is trying to "out magic" me and as any descent wizard would say... "One wouldn't surely let this happen."
As I continue to plot and plan how I will finish this house, my own Wizard is also reminding me that he could use some creative inspiration too.  I have found that one creative project often inspires creativity in another.  As magic is a creative energy - the more it is used - the more it grows. ​
As my fairy house opens it's doors to challenge me, you too are invited in. Maybe a new technique not thought of or something that I use in a different way will inspire the creative magic within you.  So, let's be challenged and make some magic!
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I was asked... what comes first?

8/11/2020

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I was asked the other day... What comes first?  Is it the concept and personality of the doll (which leads me in a direction to sculpt), or do I just start sculpting and the personality and the direction develop with the character while I work?
For me I get inspired by a thought or a spark of emotion.  Just a flicker of an idea sparks, then off I go on my journey.  Now the Wizard is an interesting spark because it starts with one of my sons.
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But after sculpting each of my sons about 100 times, (my hubby has told me that I will not do another one...). But that story is for another time as we can't afford the changes that happen each time I sculpt one of them *smiling* (as he still thinks that somehow I cause the minor topsy - turviness *lol).
This journey began with the thought that I wanted to capture the essence of the magic I saw in my son's hands.  Then I knew I had to look somewhere else though (remembering my husband's request) for my  guide.  It did not take long for another spark.  Who better than Thor, Lord of Thunder (with a dash of a space ship captain)?  
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Now I had my inspiration and my guides to accompany me along the way.  Before I start sculpting, I have to remember to put on my listening ears too.  Otherwise how will I hear what my character will share with me as bit by bit he reveals himself to me.



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His name is Dewin... from what I understand this is Welsh for wizard.  What next will he tell me?
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And a Prophecy is Unveiled...

8/4/2020

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Now that Hewy had found Awena, all of the things he wanted to say seemed to have fallen out of his mind, so he sat and stared at her.  Finally it was Awena who spoke.
"It is good to see you Hewy.  You still look like the troll I met so many years ago."

"The moment I saw you, it felt like it was just yesterday.  The years have been kind to you," replied Hewy.  Her comment finally broke the ice between them and slowly they just sat and talked of what each had been doing since they last were together.  
As the conversation started to slow, Hewy finally asked the question that had been nagging at him since he received the Petal Post.  "Why after all of these years have you finally tried to reach me?" ​
Awena knew the conversation would eventually get to this question and had been waiting for it to be asked.  "Hewy, let me tell you of why I had to come here and what I found.  I felt a strong pull to the Sleeping Sisters and it was during my early training that I discovered a scroll in the library.  It was old even then when I first unearthed it those many years ago.  I was a young novice and so new to my studies but this scroll had a prophecy written on it.  It had a troll in it and each time I read it I was reminded of you."  Closing her eyes as if trying to remember what was written, she took a small breath, and began.
"The entire prophecy is very long and convoluted as if the writer was slightly crazed and wrote down the thoughts that came to his mind, but, in it there is a part that suggests you will help save all of the Realms or help destroy them."  Hewy jumped up from the floor where he had been sitting.  "What are you talking about?  You must be wrong!"
Without moving, Awena slowly continued speaking, "This is what is in the prophecy that you must know."  With her eyes still closed she repeated the words she had memorized those long years ago.
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​When the last of the Wish Dragyns are lost
and is starving for knowledge at any cost;
will choices be made by many
that will bring the Realms to despair or to plenty.
Which way will it sway and who will triumph none yet can foretell
but for good to win the evil must not prevail;
for if evil wins forever magic will be changed or lost
and the Realms will suffer at the cost.
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For in the telling of this tale a musician must play
as the dryad who has forsaken it's way;
the troll will mend what was once broken
as they both must gain the Dragyn 's token.

​For if this does not happen another will sway
the young mind which will drift away;
and from the lack of knowledge will the choice then be
for the Dragyn will  grant the destructive plea.
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Hewy, standing before her, was trying to both understand and remember the prophecy.  As surprised as he was, he failed to notice the small tear at the corner of Awena's eye.  Had he but known the rest of the tale, he might have made a different decision that day.
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