I've been busy lately working, starting a new job, and doing physical therapy for my acute back strain, so my poor blog has been neglected. Also, being on muscle relaxers constantly for over a month takes a toll on my brain power. I'm finally beginning to taper down to lower doses, so hopefully my brain… Continue reading Emptying the Mind When Life is Full
Today is the last day of sharing a tarot card for the A to Z Challenge. Wheel of Fortune is card ten. In Buddhist thought, there is the concept of impermanence. This states that everything that exists is always changing, in every moment. Therefore, we must embrace the groundlessness of our existence and realize there… Continue reading W is for Wheel of Fortune – the #tarot card, not the TV show
Recently at a game night with my friends, we were playing a game where you draw cards that generate discussion on books. I can't remember what the game was called, but one of the questions asked what fictional world we would want to live in. The answer was easy for me. Since I first began… Continue reading N is for Nalini Singh and the Fictional World I Want to Live in
Another tarot card. Today the Magician. Card 1. The Magician is the first step on the journey of enlightenment represented within the major arcana. It indicates a person who first sees their discrete self and begins to apply willpower for the ends of the self. You see it reflected in the toddler yelling “no!” in… Continue reading M is for Magician #Tarot #AtoZChallenge
Today I am going out of town for the weekend to visit with my mother, so I'm relying on some tarot essays for a number of my posts. Up for the letter L is Lovers. This is card six. The Lovers is a card about the relationship and union of opposites. In this card, we… Continue reading L is for Lovers #Tarot #AtoZChallenge
Continuing my series of major arcana cards, today I bring you my Justice card and the draft of my essay about it. Justice is card 11. Justice is a card, as it name suggests, of fairness and truth. In order to accurately apply justice, it takes wisdom. That is where the image of this card… Continue reading J is for Justice #Tarot #AtoZChallenge
As I've mentioned before, I am working on creating my own tarot deck. I have finished the artwork for the major arcana and am revising my essays on each card. Today, I share my current draft for the Heirophant card. It is the fifth card in the major arcana (The Fool is zero). I should… Continue reading H is for Heirophant #Tarot #AtoZChallenge
Today I am sharing another draft from my tarot project: The Fool. It is often numbered zero or left unnumbered. The Fool is a card of both beginnings and endings, of being foolish in the best of senses but also naïve. There is an innocence to the card, of stepping into the unknown without knowing… Continue reading F is for Fool or Beginning and Ending the Major Arcana #tarot #AtoZChallenge
As I've mentioned before, I am working on creating my own tarot deck. I have finished the artwork for the major arcana and am revising my essays on each card. Today, I share my current draft for the Empress card. It is the third card in the major arcana (The Fool is zero). I should… Continue reading E is for Empress and My Thoughts on this Tarot Card
I recently started painting my own tarot deck. It is going pretty well. I finished the major arcana paintings and digital artwork, and now am working on essays about each card. Part of my inspiration is from the ubiquitous paint your pet classes floating around. I did two over the past year or so. My… Continue reading April A to Z Challenge: A is for Art
Suicidal Tulip 