Side Quests with Aryn the Alchemist

Flop to the Top

Lessons modern artists can learn from medieval alchemists.

Mar 8 • Aryn the Alchemist

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15 Creative Analog Side Quests

Multi-medium prompts for artists ready to stop doomscrolling and start creating.

Mar 5 • Aryn the Alchemist

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February 2026

How astrology can support your creative practice: Part 1

The intersection of artistic practice and planetary devotion

Feb 19 • Aryn the Alchemist

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These aren't you're average NPCs

In the 30 Days of Side Quest Challenge, you're invited to embody the character archetypes who offer you creative side quests.

Feb 13 • Aryn the Alchemist

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Announcing the 30 Days of Side Quests Challenge

A free choose-your-own-adventure email challenge designed for artists and hesitant creatives to transmute freeze into freedom.

Feb 5 • Aryn the Alchemist

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The Charcuterie Board Creative

If you’re an artist who expresses themselves through multiple mediums, I need you to know they’re all connected.

Feb 2 • Aryn the Alchemist

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January 2026

5 Side Quests for Cultivating Whimsy

Whimsy is a portal into knowing thyself.

Jan 21 • Aryn the Alchemist

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December 2025

Side Quest to the Underworld

One does not simply walk into the underworld. Unless you're trans.

Dec 30, 2025 • Aryn the Alchemist

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It's time to break up with perfectionism

A reflection on how perfectionism betrays us and strategies for breaking it's negative feedback loop.

Dec 19, 2025 • Aryn the Alchemist

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Introducing Side Quests

I may not know where I'm going, but I know I'm going to dilly dally.

Dec 11, 2025 • Aryn the Alchemist

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October 2025

The Myth of Divine Muse Academy

Long ago, in the Land of Mundane Dread, artists were limited in what they could create.

Oct 1, 2025 • Aryn the Alchemist

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September 2025

Remaining Mountainous in the Chaos of Eclipse Season

This Virgo-Pisces eclipse season has felt like Mercury retrograde on drugs.

Sep 21, 2025 • Aryn the Alchemist

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