Jolt-Of-Creativity

I know in the last few years, we have been hearing off and on about the term Bug Out Bag as it pertains to apocalypse and survival scenarios. But, I think it would be funny to have an interesting light hearted analysis of what would you have to pack as an artist. 1)Minimum- Wood Core Pencils- Color, Pastel, Watercolors, Chalk, Inktense, Graphite. These things although berated by the newest generation of smart tech bound artists as children's art supplies, are practically indestructible except for the inner cores; and you can now get pencils that have no-break cores!  I had some color pencils last over 15 years, if not 20 years. [Just keep t

The Alchemist Published in Spellbound Magazine Copyright 1990, Charles S. Fallis      The old man straightened from his stooped posture and eased his aching back.  He had spent many long hours bent over the wooden bench before him.  The top of the workbench was cluttered with moldering manuscripts and a wild profusion of jars and bottles whose noisome contents were revealed by the flickering light of a single greasy candle.      The alchemist, for such was the old man's profession, sighed and bent once again.  Taking up a small iron spatula, he returned to his labor, coating a large lump of coal with the sticky yellow paste he had worked