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I'm going to sketch my stones. Basically, I'm going to draw pictures of each stone. Now,
there's no rules in this. This exercise is to get us more acquainted with our stones,
to see things you don't normally see. So when you look at your stones every day,
you're looking for different cracks, definition, you're looking for signature
marks on your stone. But when you draw them, something happens in your brain. You connect
in a different way and you see things that you did not see before or wouldn't see before. So the
exercise is to get you more connected to the stones. Really see what they look like in a
different way, in a creative way. Now there's no rules. You can draw a circle and that's your stone.
you can draw a circle and then write the name of the stone underneath your circle if you're somebody
that's an artist if somebody that's talented extremely talented with sketching or anything
then you can just go to town in any way you want but you can also just draw circles or any way that
feels good. There's no place where something's better than something else or your sketch isn't
going to be as good as someone else's. Maybe that's not your forte. Maybe you're not an artist.
That has nothing to do with any of this. No bearing upon it at all. This is an exercise
of identifying signature aspects of your stones that you would not see on any in
any other way so let's start the process so I'm gonna do a bigger sketch so
here's my stone right here and you can choose what side you want to draw you
can just draw the shape any way you want. So I'm gonna have my stone over here a
little bit and then I'm going to...
Now it can be abstract as well in whatever way you feel like doing it.
I have a couple different pencils I'm experimenting with. So I see some different cracks and
lines where they were forged when they were once.
So I'm just going to do this.
So
already as I'm doing this, I'm seeing things I did not see, impressions that I did not see before.
And I have stared at these stones for hours.
This is an incredible experience because the stones are looking entirely different to me.
So, it's giving me an appreciation to the stone.
Why was it created?
How is it possible that it looks like it does?
and I know that there's other parts
that I'm not looking at in the moment.
Okay.
So as I'm looking at this stone,
it's looking entirely different
than what I've been seeing each day.
One of the reasons is it's perfectly still, right?
It's just sitting there still.
And now you're looking at it, but you're focused on finding every crevice, every crack, every design, every imperfection or perfection.
And then I'm thinking about what emotions are surfacing.
What am I feeling?
And that's an entirely different process to this.
what kind of feeling are you going to have when you're doing this?
What does it...
Does it send messages to memories, emotional centers of the brain?
What is occurring in your mind, in your soul?
Do you even like this stone?
I'm just going to do a little bit of...
I think that when you study something so closely like this, especially when there's a relationship
building with the stone and your stones, I think what's going to happen is you're going
to uncover information that's residing in your cells, in your neurons, your glial cells
in your brain. And so the idea is not to have it look exactly like your stone, but you can.
If you can accomplish that, it's the process of gaining new information from your stone.
I'm just doing some different pencils
because I had some different pencils here.
So, I'm defining all the different areas
and the different cracks, mineral compositions.
And that's pretty much pretty close to it there.
Filling in a little bit.
Okay.
So now let's continue drawing our other stones.
So, let's go.
So, let's go.
so
So, let's go.
So, let's go.
So, let's go.
so
So I sketched the back side of my stone here, and what comes to mind right when I see this
is how I'm identifying and how I'm seeing so many different signature parts of the stone that I
haven't really recognized so far. And I've been looking at these stones every single day.
And when you think about it this way, you're like, okay, you're giving quality time to your stone
when you're sketching them. So it's like alone time with your stone, not just all three at once
knocking around in your pocket or all three at once on your table and they just kind of all
may blend together in a way. This is separating the stone as part of the exercise, identifying,
giving them an individual identification. And so what you're doing really is you're learning how to
absorb any kind of information you can from the stone on its own, each individual stone. At the
same time that stone is connecting with you too. And a relationship, a deeper relationship is
building. And that's one of the reasons you sketch the stone. Keep in mind when you're sketching your
stones, there's no right way to do it. It's whatever comes natural. It's whatever feels good.
It's not about a portrait of your stone looking perfect or identical. That's not how the
how the exercise works. You can literally take a stone and just outline the stone
if you want it to. You can make your own rules. It's your relationship with your stone
that matters. And you can do anything you want in the process. You can outline your stones.
you can draw all three on one sheet you can do one at a time and you can do multiple things
you can do individual drawings you can do group stone drawings but do what feels right with your
soul with these stones because you're the one building a relationship with these stones
you're the one that has named them and these stones are absorbing those emotions those wounds
of soul injuries, those experiences you've had in your life. And so this is unique to you. So if you
were walking along with your stones and someone else had their three stones, you don't swap them.
You don't say, hey, take my three stones and I'll take your three stones because this is about you,
your experiences, your life. And when you're sketching them, keep that in mind. You can do
any way you want on any piece of paper with any kind of writing tool or implement or pen or
or pencil and then keep a light heart through the process
because healing is happening when you're doing this exercise.
