rockgem In reply to ??? [2019-12-06 20:34:55 +0000 UTC]

a very  belated thankyou! 

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FractalMonster In reply to rockgem [2019-12-06 22:35:20 +0000 UTC]

No problem Take care and have a wonderful year, life

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infinityfractals In reply to ??? [2019-09-28 01:28:45 +0000 UTC]

hi there

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rockgem In reply to infinityfractals [2019-09-30 18:54:35 +0000 UTC]

hello   

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infinityfractals In reply to rockgem [2019-10-13 03:53:55 +0000 UTC]

how are you

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rockgem In reply to infinityfractals [2019-12-06 20:30:37 +0000 UTC]

at the moment I think 'weary' sums things up 

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infinityfractals In reply to rockgem [2019-12-09 07:56:58 +0000 UTC]

hmm hope all is well

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rockgem In reply to infinityfractals [2019-12-24 19:43:04 +0000 UTC]

perhaps not - time will tell 

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infinityfractals In reply to rockgem [2019-12-26 02:55:18 +0000 UTC]

ok 

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Tayga96 In reply to ??? [2019-05-11 17:00:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the Llama

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rockgem In reply to Tayga96 [2019-05-14 19:30:19 +0000 UTC]

you are most welcome  

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comatose-comet In reply to ??? [2019-04-30 21:25:44 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the fave

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rockgem In reply to comatose-comet [2019-05-09 17:10:15 +0000 UTC]

you are most welcome

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comatose-comet In reply to rockgem [2019-05-23 19:06:54 +0000 UTC]

and for the watch!

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drksnt In reply to ??? [2019-03-08 12:27:10 +0000 UTC]

awesome artwork!

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rockgem In reply to drksnt [2019-03-13 14:21:09 +0000 UTC]

thankyou kindly

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angelwbrokenwings In reply to ??? [2019-02-12 07:30:23 +0000 UTC]

   and because who doesn't love balloons??!!

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rockgem In reply to angelwbrokenwings [2019-02-14 22:21:18 +0000 UTC]

good to see you stopping by  

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ShadowDragon22 In reply to ??? [2019-02-05 01:46:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the watch!

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rockgem In reply to ShadowDragon22 [2019-02-14 22:20:58 +0000 UTC]

you are most welcome

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YouInventedMe In reply to ??? [2019-01-13 22:12:19 +0000 UTC]

Every time I see your username, I think of this song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk2qo4…

Just thought I'd share.

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rockgem In reply to YouInventedMe [2019-01-13 22:51:27 +0000 UTC]

thanks for sharing - I shall listen when I am back at the computer (currently out and having to be social and the like) 

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YouInventedMe In reply to rockgem [2019-01-13 22:53:47 +0000 UTC]

Enjoy!

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-01-13 19:31:14 +0000 UTC]

you are most welcome   I'll be honest sneaking into the lit. discussion was a last min thing as I made it home from work  - it's the first time I've actually ventured into the chat on here  proper so to speak.
( AA - i think that equals Artists Anon. round here " I am an artist and understand my obsession and habit to live in a world all my own - at least they know me there" ) 

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-01-13 21:42:11 +0000 UTC]

Haha well, there's quite a few solitary artists (or, like my partner/Master, married artists, of course) living in lonely cottages or (like us) disused farms around here.

i’m glad you found the chat.

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-01-13 22:22:40 +0000 UTC]

I don't think it counts as 'solitary' if you have your partner/Master   
my equevelant shall we say has dabbled with ending up on deviantART  but more from a collecting art/images than creating himself although I am not sure he has logged in for some time he does write tabletop rpg adventures once in a while. (horribly geeky he and I lol!) 

glad I found the chat too, most folks on here know me for my fractal manipulation work and I get very little feedback on things I write - or quite awful feedback at one point so I pretty much gave up on the writing for a while, so its been nice to glean some more  positive and genuine feedback 

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-01-14 03:27:46 +0000 UTC]

Maybe it is not solitary, and yet it’s also not very social.

Years ago i used to write & run tabletop rpg games and wrote my own, and in the end devolved to one basically without rules—but with careful character generation.

Don't let awful feedback discourage you—i had a very negative and powerful comment a couple of weeks ago that might have been enough for me to have left DA altogether had it not been for having just got my first dd and maybe, just maybe, opened some (inner) doors. The chat can be a good place for support, although it helps to switch it off if t sucks time away or people are unkind.

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-01-16 15:07:12 +0000 UTC]

Depends on the perspective of 'social' two folk can be happy enough being social in each other's company,
depends how social a butterfly both of you are.

I seem to be tinkering with playing a few different systems at the moment - currently a little on hiatus with two of the long running games due to one thing and another - possibly something to readdress in due time.

Awful feedback has often had me delete work or the like, mostly because some many people forget the fine line between useful critique and outright criticizim - it's one of the reasons i disable the critique function on my works, I appreciate feedback but shortly after it was introduced I just found so much negativity landing in my lap I very quickly disabled it. a DD feature can make a difference in that you are slogging awaty trying and in a slump but then just that little 'oh wow someone noticed something I created' it can go a long way.
I ought make an effort to sneak into the chat once in a while now I have dipped my toes so to speak, but like you say - sometimes online socialness is a total drain on time ( but in turn I can say that about art creating in general - I set down for an hour and then it becomes 'huh? when'd it go dark???' ) - apologies if babbling now...

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-01-17 01:14:53 +0000 UTC]

i know what you mean about suddenly becoming dark—last night Master called down from His studio to me, “its eight a.m., why aren’t you in bed?” (of course, He wasn’t either…)

Please to see you writing.

Social - it goes back to needing approval, for me. Master doesn’s have that same need, but i do. Looks like i may be off to a conference soon though.

Rambling, babbling, it’s all good. As for chat, chat.deviantart.com/chat/Commu… is very slightly more active all day round but so far has not had events like the other one.

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-01-17 11:45:15 +0000 UTC]

If it's 8am I think that might well be suddenly becoming light.
I know I have had similar experience - although I confess in that scenario I am a bit of a (read LOT of a) brat so would have responded with some spart-mouthed comment leading to a 'do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do'

Its good to be doing anything creative

I understand the need for approval - some people just have a 'confidence' I try the 'fake til you feel it' approach although it never always worked - my childhood and my teens left me with a need for seeking approval - from never being good enough, but oddly enough of a dash of 'well screw you' attitude to cover that insecirity

good luck with the conference

I'm babling again so I'm going to toddle off and try be productive 'TRY' being the operative word

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-01-17 19:34:03 +0000 UTC]

You’re right, it’s light by 8am now even in Ontario i’m more passive-aggressive (sigh) than bratty

Lack of confidence - adoption issues i think.

Good luck with productivity!

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-01-18 01:43:04 +0000 UTC]

Well that bit of a comment thread about loosing time at all hours had me jotting notes. Something might come of it. 😊 I think I just cause Him much exasperation at times (whoops!)

Lack of confidence - abandonment/ abuse/ bullying issues ? No clues I'm not a professional on that kinda thing

Productivity turned into procrastinating. Oh dear.

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-01-18 01:47:19 +0000 UTC]

haha good luck with the notes. It’d be boring owning a slave that just worked quietly and efficiently with very few personal needs, right?

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-01-18 01:58:42 +0000 UTC]

I need the luck! Mostly with deciphering my own handwriting- especially if I've jotted things then came back to them some time later.

I Quote "just once Gem, ONCE it would be nice...instead of at times it being like two ferrets fighting in a sack and occasionally I win..." - it's his birthday soon I 'might' oblige

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-01-18 02:09:59 +0000 UTC]

Master and i don’t often fight, although when we do i think it’s often this slave’s impatience that’s at fault, or its ego.

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-01-18 18:45:36 +0000 UTC]

I think in my own situation  - its is less a 'fight' more 'banter'  - keeps it interesting to say the least, I've learned patience a long time ago ( not going to get too personal with the sharing/explaining that one, but from one slave/submissive to another I'm sure you can understand) ego I leave to Him  -  he's a flouncy goth and all that  

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-01-18 19:38:31 +0000 UTC]

mmm i love flouncy goths and understood completely, thank you for replying OK, i'm not devoid of some banter, too

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-01-23 11:24:52 +0000 UTC]

flouncy goths are the best kind unless the drama kicks in, then its best to retreat to minimum safe distances stock up on supplies and wait for it all to blow over or implode... I'll be honest never quite sure what happened, or how He and i ended up an item, a whole bunch of my friends were quite shocked when I ended up with a male partner. especially one that is certainly more 'high mainenence' than I am - as in gent who tells me off for my sub-par makeup ( He says He's slumming it if he buys urban decay...haha!) gets excited over ceramic hair straigteners and takes several hours to get ready...   
I always try to reply - even if that reply can be somewhat daft

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-01-23 21:09:25 +0000 UTC]

Haha well, i'm sure he is a fabulous person to’ve earned your trust and devotion & love for him

i’m not good at the drama; you’re right, retreat! retreat!

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-01-30 18:44:00 +0000 UTC]

flouncy, fabulous, its all good  
some days i start to think i am more devoted or in love with him than he is with me - he did make several comments of late that  left me with a horrible hollow feeling maybe he is getting ready to trade me in for a different model -  but time will tell how it all plays out  - its his birthday coming up soon so I am attempting to plot something special  
there is always drama - and having the option of retreating is marvelous  - the ability to say "not my circus not my monkeys"  although once in a while you have that horrible moment where you realise it IS your circus and those are indeed YOUR monkeys...  

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-01-30 20:42:14 +0000 UTC]

i think it’s probably very normal for relationships to ebb and flow unevenly, and for our confidence to ebb and flow. But i hate the smell of the slave-market, and the people leering and looking so knowingly, even if the constant background chain-rattling and groaning is such a turn-on, so i hope you don’t have to go back there any time soon Good luck with the celebratory event!

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-02-28 19:03:46 +0000 UTC]

Possibly. But the current situation is a low one, honestly i don't fancy a return to the 'meat market' so to speak, the celebrations went OK, kinda ended up feeling that what i did do wasn't good enough, - thus the low ebb, think in part that is also due to the lack of time to create anything art-wise. that always puts me in a slump. 

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-02-28 19:50:22 +0000 UTC]

Time to create! i laughed at your valentines - surely you know that people used to believe that bees reproduced through oral sex

“O would to God (so I might have my see)

My lips were honey, and thy mouth a Bee.”

So sew a bee, paint the honey!

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-02-28 20:12:11 +0000 UTC]

Glad the daftness of those made someone out there smile, this year with Valentine's i was dreading... last year was awful i really dreaded a repeat this year.  
 Think i remember reading something once about that   but until the reminder just it had completley slipped my mind  - how on earth do i keep a straight face next time some friends of mine get me some fresh cut comb from their bees?
 
Creating and books are the two very solid things i feel i have at the moment 

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-02-28 21:37:58 +0000 UTC]

Haha yes, it does put a different perspective on honey And i'm glad it wasn't a repeat of last year.

Creating and books -

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-03-13 14:29:04 +0000 UTC]

Perspectives are interesting - and can get delightfully skewed when reading into old superstitions and beliefs perhaps that is why i love reading about  old folklore.

( the straight face when recieving some honeycomb failed. Explanations were required- research and laughter ensued! but it was delicious!)

managed to locate an old notepad, if i can decipher my own writing and find a free hour or so i shall type things up!

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-03-13 17:20:09 +0000 UTC]

hahaha honeycomb. Aristotle thought the sparrows lived in burrows in the ground in the winter. The history of science & medicine is full of weird beliefs, but what isn’t?

Got to go and sacrifice some ground wheat to the kitchen gods.

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rockgem In reply to barefootliam [2019-03-17 19:00:43 +0000 UTC]

That I remember about the sparrows  

the kitchen gods frown upon me    - Sadly myself and  my mom we both say that 'I only have a kitchen because it came with the house.' we are not the most kitchen orientated ladies in the world, however we are far better at things like painting and decorating , granted many people have eaten food I have prepared and gone on to lead relatively normal lives... 

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barefootliam In reply to rockgem [2019-03-17 19:44:07 +0000 UTC]

i’m sure your cooking is fine Master doesn’t trust me to cook, saying i’m English and therefore by definition incapable

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