This world is full of my artistic endeavors.

Basically it's where I try to put magic onto paper or into writing. I hope I succeed.

I'm a writer without a particular kind of writing. I do rants, stream-of-consciousness, self-reflecting stories, poems, six-word stories, articles, responses, whatever. I'm also a visual artist trying to improve. I combine these two in my talent for calligraphy, where I try to make the font and images match the words I use. And I make collages because it's fun. This world is for creativity and art. If any other artists/writers out there would like to share things, you can always PM me. I hope you enjoy the strange contents of my head. I hope to improve and get my work out into the world someday. And in the meantime, I hope that looking at this world can be a bit of a journey into the depths of wherever the hell it is that artists go to bring back their handfuls of magic. Because honestly, even I'm not entirely sure.

I changed the name of this world, by the way. This used to be creativity. It is now Forges of Elysium. I promised I'd explain why, so here it is: I wanted it to sound cooler. Elysium is, as I understand it, a part of the underworld in Greek mythology. It is the place where heroes go when they die. It is portrayed as a place where people are able to indulge the artistic urges of their nature. I loved that idea, so there you go. I shall work at my forge to create...beautiful stuff and all that.

This is a poet whose work is particularly inspiring. Warning: this video may lead to tears and explosions of feels.

* We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down. * Creativity is about allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is about knowing which ones to keep. * Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. * Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties * While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die. * Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. * Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. *

to-do list review

Two weeks ago I promised to have a bunch of stuff done by now. I didn't get all of it, but some. I'm giving myself two more weeks to finish this stuff, and I'm not taking on any other tasks till it's all done. Let's see what I finished--I'll cross off what I did.

I'm going to finish Sunhollow's drawing. It's half-done now...well, less than half-done because I'll have to color it too...but I got some of it done.

I'm going to make a drawing for MikuBerry because she made that AWESOME thing for me. MikuBerry, you told me I didn't have to make you anything, but I will anyway. It's because you've been posting about all this stuff that's going on in your life and I want to do something that might make you feel a bit better...if that helps at all.

I need to post some character descriptions! I will, within two weeks, post ten at the very least. Sorry to make you wait, Sunhollow...I'll at least describe Lyssie, Kia, Aurora/Mothy, Del, Simon, Callie, Trina, Beth, Charlie, Henry, and Min. I know that's eleven...but Aurora doesn't really count because I already described her to you.

I'll post at least one more update from my story.

I'll draw either Meiko or Len.

I'll do the Match to Music and the Game Character challenges and enter them before the deadline.

Now I have to finish the rest of this stuff. MikuBerry's drawing is way overdue...sorry.