Always-A MiniStory

Hi! It’s me Starry Emerald. I don’t know much about computers, but Penelope told me to just start using my magic to push the buttons and say whatever I feel like. This keyboard is interesting, there’s a lot of metal mechanisms in it that I don’t understand yet, but maybe I’ll figure it out.

Sometimes, I get creative blocks. I get burned out after creating so much, that I feel I need a break. Then I start shutting off the flow of ideas to a trickle, then to nothing. Then I find I don’t know what to make anymore. Which is awful for my job, let me tell you. ^-^’

I get inspired by my emotions. I like to think of the creations as a living flow of emotion that I want to shape from the depths of my spirit into a physical object. Sometimes I don’t think they are any good. Ponies may buy my stuff, but sometimes I don’t feel like they are appreciated. Especially when Clear Carot used to sell my stuff. I didn’t get to see how my customers felt about what they were buying.

Sometimes I use my saddest feelings to shape into my creations. With living in an orphanage and not really feeling like I knew what I would do with my life, being able to make little odds and ends was my only comfort most of the time.

Sometimes it’s not the saddest feelings, but wistful, happy ones. I wish that there was something happier, or I imagine my favorite memories, and I let that peace and contentment just take over and make something beautiful.

I don’t like creating stuff while angry. It isn’t safe when handling extremely hot stuff. I’ve gotten a few burns when I tried to work while angry, and I didn’t get my work done at all.

And sometimes creating stuff as a job is exhausting in itself. I talked about creative blocks, but mare! it can be a tough job to try to come up with stuff and hope that it pleases the ponies that receive it.

But I guess, at the end of the day, being able to do what I love to do, even when sometimes it doesn’t seem to love me back, is such a blessing.

I’m so thankful for my friends Cass and Bee for visiting me and Postage Stamp looking out for me, and Edgy. I guess I’m thankful for him, too. Even though he gives me a hard time with how aloof he always is, we’re still pretty close.

Penelope said I couldn’t stay on here long. Something about some stuff she doesn’t want me to see. I try to help her out with some research into Equestrian society, but she always asks me all these personal questions.

Anyway, I’ll try to keep creating and keep my hopes up. And thanks for being there, everypony. ^-^