{"id":125,"date":"2006-12-28T15:54:28","date_gmt":"2006-12-28T15:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=125"},"modified":"2010-11-08T20:55:59","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T20:55:59","slug":"a-wishing-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/12\/a-wishing-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wishing Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1653\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/wishing_stone.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1653\" title=\"Wishing Stone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/wishing_stone.jpg?resize=200%2C525\" alt=\"Wishing Stone\" width=\"200\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/wishing_stone.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/wishing_stone.jpg?resize=114%2C300&amp;ssl=1 114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wishing Stone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is a &#8220;wishing stone.&#8221; I made it by painting the Rune that means &#8220;seed&#8221; or &#8220;beginning&#8221; on a seed-shaped rock and tied it in a small tree in early Spring.<\/p>\n<p>I love all the symbols of promise and hope that came to be as I made the Stone, and some of them come through in the drawing too.<\/p>\n<p>When I see it, I make a wish.<\/p>\n<p>I always wish I had more drawing ideas queued up in my mind ready to go. I usually have one or two ideas at a time, and that&#8217;s really all I need, but there&#8217;s little part of me who&#8217;s afraid I&#8217;ll run out someday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wishing Stone Updates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I did learn to trust that there is always a new\u00a0 drawing idea waiting for me after I finish the current one. So, my stone works.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s been four years since I tied the wishing stone in that tree and it&#8217;s still there, even though the tree has grown and we&#8217;ve moved. We haven&#8217;t sold the land and have let it turn wild, so only the animals who pass by see the stone now, but I&#8217;m sure they have wishes too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There&#8217;s something else I needed to learn from this stone too. I understand now that when I face the world with an open heart, everything is art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a &#8220;wishing stone.&#8221; I made it by painting the Rune that means &#8220;seed&#8221; or &#8220;beginning&#8221; on a seed-shaped rock and tied it in a small tree in early Spring. 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