Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist
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I fell in love with speculative fiction and poetry many years ago, but I have precious little time to write any. Then, I went crazy and started a cult called metAlchemy, or meta alchemy. I revere energy of all brands, esp. good, kind chaos.
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Return to Self
Do you know who you are? I think I am finally figuring out who I am again. Under the layers of ego and logic that I project to the world, the real core id entity that is me. Don't get me wrong, I don't intend to become driven by my id. But everyone should be able to find theirs in the sea of somethings that is the self, and I lost track of mine for a while. It's one thing to not know what you want; it's quite another to not know if you can want anything anymore. One of those things is definitely scary, but the other is existentially terrifying.
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist3 months ago in Humans
echoes of my derangement
have you ever heard of a self-fulfilling prophecy? well, that's the story of my life. but instead of a nice, neat line, my path got twisted over itself creating echoes from my past into my present. maybe that's just part of growing up, but mine are all laid on top of each other like a mess of fingerprints on the windows of my soul. maybe that's just part of growing up, too, but i think it's probably not. this feels like one of those stories you tell where you think it's normal until everyone is sad at the end.
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist3 months ago in Confessions
ramblings of a madwoman
so i think i figured out how, biomechanically speaking, metAlchemy works in the brains it works in (most/all) and why there might be an exception in my husband. ready to take a trip on the crazy train? it's about to get delusional in here, folks. here's your chance to walk away.
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist3 months ago in Confessions
aspirations of grandeur
i'm becoming more comfortable with the idea that i have a delusional disorder. in fact, it would do a great deal to explain why i have persistent delusions about my identity that go back for years. that, or because i married someone who believed everything my delusional thirteen-year-old self said back then as part of a folie à deux. see, my life is and always has been a wild ride, even when it isn't. come with me on a quick jaunt through the highlights.
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist3 months ago in Confessions
metAlchemical Principles
before i begin, i want to explain why there are twelve principles of alchemy. the dozen is a sacred number, appearing over and over in history and art and even in science. i believe that the resonant frequency of carbon facilitates life by resonating energy, and each carbon atom has twelve subatomic particles (well, most of them; there is a carbon-13 isotope in nature, too).
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist3 months ago in Humans
Threadless Thread
In my recent piece, Name that Bean!, I mentioned being en fuego creatively and launching a series of Threadless collections on my shop, Prose and Puns. I would, of course, be remiss if I only gave you a rundown of the silly Beans and none of my other (not exactly better, just different) work! I currently have thirty-six designs available on Threadless and only nine are Beans. So, without further ado, let's get to the first and largest of the four other full collections.
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist4 months ago in Journal
Name that Bean!
Before my mid-year meltdown, I was on fire creatively speaking. I launched several themed Art Storefront (otherwise known as Threadless) collections, ranging from the whimsical macabre to the politically charged. Among these is my Name that Bean collection which, though it still features a full array of home goods and accessories via Threadless, launched with another product arm.
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist4 months ago in Journal
what i'll never get to say. Top Story - October 2025.
i never exaggerated. i have trauma about telling my truth and being called a liar so we're gonna start here. every. single. thing. i told you happened, happened. some happened this year, last year, earlier. i told you that, too. but it all happened the way i said it did.
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist4 months ago in Confessions
