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05/09/2026

Tonight I stumbled across something unexpectedly awesome outside one of my favorite Williamsburg spots... a REAL piece of original abstract art hidden as part of by .

The piece was a beautiful little matted 5x7 abstract work by local artist Mandy Bealer, tucked safely into a clear sleeve with information about the project and even a 20% off gift card from Walls Alive framing service here in Williamsburg. Such a cool idea.

Apparently every Friday, Artemis Rising Studios hides free art around Williamsburg for people to discover. The only request? Take a photo, share it on social media, and tag them so the artist can see where the art ended up. Honestly… that made finding it even more fun.

As someone who loves creativity, community, and making people smile through art at Brick-X, I absolutely love this concept. It also got me wondering… should Brick-X start hiding surprise LEGO brick packs around town someday? (Or maybe that would create a full-scale brick scavenger hunt across Williamsburg!)

Huge thanks to Mandy Bealer and Artemis Rising Studios for making the community a little more creative and a little more joyful tonight.

02/10/2026

I’m trying something new and bringing the real Doc Brick on camera for National Pizza Pie Day and National Chocolate Day.

Most days you see the minifig… today you get the human

A little LEGO bricks, a little fun history, and a classic dilemma.

Tell me in the comments: pizza or chocolate?

02/01/2026

This is our first build — a test tower for an upcoming workshop with our community partner Krav Maga Hampton Roads.Next step?Finalizing the design, sourcing matching bricks, and turning this into a modular castle system where builders can add, swap, and grow their castle across multiple workshops.One tower is just the beginning.The full castle comes later.Follow along — this is going to be fun.
This is our first build — a test tower for an upcoming workshop with our community partner Krav Maga Hampton Roads.

Next step? Finalizing the design, sourcing matching bricks, and turning this into a modular castle system where builders can add, swap, and grow their castle across multiple workshops.

One tower is just the beginning - the full castle comes later.

Follow along — this is going to be fun.

01/28/2026

Fun LEGO fact: the modern LEGO brick was patented in 1958, and every brick made since then still fits with today’s bricks. That’s decades of creativity snapping together across generations. Amazingly, there are over 915 million ways to combine just six LEGO bricks.

What’s your favorite LEGO memory?

01/25/2026

Reminder: it's time to take down your Christmas tree.
The robots in Neohaven are controlled by a collective AI and it has sent the 'bots out to take the trees back to the woods for the birds. Built by our lead tech, Brendan, we love the detail of the 'bots on the street. However, we think some 'bots may have grabbed more that just trees...

01/19/2026

Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; a man who reminded us that lasting change is built through courage, service, and love.

While there’s no record of Dr. King playing with bricks (they were mostly a European toy in the '60's), his life was very much about building: building understanding, building community, and building a future he knew he might never see.

Standing here together, we’re reminded that every generation is given the chance to build something meaningful. Sometimes with words. Sometimes with actions. And sometimes, yes… brick by brick.

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

01/16/2026

Appreciate a Dragon Day - Brick-X Style
Today, Doc Brick ventured deep into the woods with a cup of coffee, searching for the elusive Red Ring-Tailed Dragon. Despite careful observation… none were spotted. Though legend says they’re shy, fast, and known to vanish just as you turn your back. (Some say only a tail is ever seen.)

A few little-known dragon facts to appreciate today:
- Dragons appear in myths on every continent except Antarctica
- In many Asian traditions, dragons symbolize wisdom and good fortune, not danger
- Medieval Europeans believed dragons guarded forests and hidden knowledge

Whether real, imagined, or just barely glimpsed, today we celebrate dragons... and the stories that make the world a little more magical.

01/14/2026

Artists don’t just use color, we orchestrate it.

Color can suggest warmth or distance, calm or tension, weight or lightness. A shift in hue can change how close something feels. A change in value can make the same color feel louder or quieter. Even intensity matters: muted colors often whisper, while saturated ones demand attention.

When creating art, we use color as our structure and consider:
- Where does the eye go first?
- What color holds the most visual weight?
- Which colors advance, and which recede?
- How does the palette shape the mood before the subject is even understood?

What is fascinating is that none of this requires realism. Color doesn’t need to describe the world accurately, it only needs to convince the viewer emotionally.

That’s why two pieces with the same form can feel completely different when the color changes. Color becomes the message.

If you’ve ever looked at a piece of art and felt something before you knew why, color was probably doing most of the work.

Let me ask you this: when you look at art, what does color do for you first: set a mood, tell a story, or grab your attention?

01/11/2026

Happy Houseplant Appreciation Day!
Doc is beside one of our hardest-working team members: this purple beauty in a humble clay pot. Turns out houseplants do more than just sit there looking good, they:
• help improve indoor air quality
• reduce stress and boost focus
• remind us that good things grow with a little patience

Plus… they never complain about meetings.

Take a moment today to thank a houseplant, water it, or just admire how much life it brings into your space.

12/29/2025

We’d love you to slow down and really look at these two builds.

At first glance, they’re structurally similar - nested squares, the same proportions, the same build approach. But most people experience them very differently.

The first often evokes warmth, sunlight, or a sense of grounding.

The second tends to feel cooler, quieter, or more contemplative.

These builds were inspired by Josef Albers and his belief that color is relational: that hue, value, and intensity don’t just describe color, but actively shape how we feel and what we perceive. Nothing here relies on line or imagery. Color does all the work.

Exploring these kinds of questions - What do I feel? Why do I feel it? What changed? - is central to Two Ways To Create, our joint workshop series with Artemis Rising Studios, where participants experiment with color, builds, and creative process from two different perspectives.

If this post made you pause, notice, or rethink what you were seeing, you’re already doing the work.

We’re curious: What do you see in these two panels? What feels different to you?

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