darwinia
Another week, where does the time go?
I hum the song "Waiting for the Rainbow Warrior" by Buggles and feel the crushing blackness of an empty room. I pull language from inverted stars, it is my only company. I rip blackness from the universe and contemplate the pulsating field of energy generated by words even though they sit apart. I rend fabric of time, looping, looping toward the sanctity of the now continuum.
We are at the three, the three in one, the one in three, the tangled trinity, cold in darkness waiting for the illuminata to sift and soothe...too much William Blake does this to you (and don't forget to join that study group all the people who said "I'm in!" You may be in, but the universe has imploded and we are unable to reach your thoughtwaves without the physical manifestation of your words.)
3 of Wands
I love the way Rohrig uses highways and roads throughout this deck. We should count them one day when the rotational pull of the blue cluster stops.
The highway has a solid line--no passing, as if nothing will interfere with the journey and his resolve to journey onward. Rohrig also has mountains and water similar to the R-W card, but those feathers glowing and fanning out like possibilities and beauteous hope are neat.
I had some trouble with the actual keyword of "Virtue" attached to this. The Latin "virtus" means manliness, strength, or bravery. Not exactly what I think of with this card. Perhaps it's just a matter of facing up to what's ahead of you with resolve and strength, in which case the imagery evokes that. The LWB uses the phrase "channeled energy leads to success" which I liked. All his highways channel the eye it seems, and here he has that solid line shimmering.
The number 3 itself is filled with two black and white patterns of stripes and circles. I like the way he highlights things in black and white--like the checkered patterns throughout the deck. Whether it means anything or is simply a way to tie in the colours for the artistic theme is unknown to me, but I like it. Blue, black, white, purple, gold--wonderful colours.
3 of Cups
This is a lovely card--2 filled cups and the patterned number 3 hovering over the empty cup ready to fill it. A waterfall and radiating light.
The pattern in the rock at the left reminded me of a fossilized bird, perhaps meaning that abundance should be enjoyed while we are alive. Or letting your love and joy flow freely and not be calcified and rigid like fossilized remains lest you remain oblivious to life around you.
Also, the fill patterns in the cups are slightly different, but harmonized with colour as if to say that abundance has different patterns or faces and it's what you make of that or how you see life that counts. Like what pictures you see in the rock--like looking at clouds and stars--it's what you choose to behold.
3 of Swords
This guy looks overwhelmed by defeat and darkness, swallowed up by shadow and sorrow. That looks like a door or wooden cover over a grid, and beyond the stars and a glowing light. It looms large but seems pretty battered.
What to do? Climb up and out, maybe un-wedge it or nudge it open a crack and get out? Those paving stones seems to go under there, so there is something on the other side.
If that guy would look up and around he might find a way out and see that there's something on the other side. He is defeated because he is looking down at his shoes and they aren't running shoes with textured soles, they're slippery-soled leather loafers. He hasn't even tucked a penny in the flap for heaven's sake. Jeez, whose fault is that?
3 of Disks
Too bad they painted a loincloth on the figure in the North Americian deck. Lunacy.
Sprockets, metal plates, metal mesh and a man holding a huge ball. It looks almost like a gold nugget with clay molded or sculpted over it. Is he holding it up as a burden or offering it up as a sample of his work? Maybe he's an alchemist who has taken a piece of sculpted clay and turned it into gold? Gold to match the stars in the sky, his offering to the Universe?
I don't immediately get the classic meaning of master craftsman, but as I ponder it I rather like it. Making, doing, strength in action, the gift, your art.
I hum the song "Waiting for the Rainbow Warrior" by Buggles and feel the crushing blackness of an empty room. I pull language from inverted stars, it is my only company. I rip blackness from the universe and contemplate the pulsating field of energy generated by words even though they sit apart. I rend fabric of time, looping, looping toward the sanctity of the now continuum.
We are at the three, the three in one, the one in three, the tangled trinity, cold in darkness waiting for the illuminata to sift and soothe...too much William Blake does this to you (and don't forget to join that study group all the people who said "I'm in!" You may be in, but the universe has imploded and we are unable to reach your thoughtwaves without the physical manifestation of your words.)
3 of Wands
I love the way Rohrig uses highways and roads throughout this deck. We should count them one day when the rotational pull of the blue cluster stops.
The highway has a solid line--no passing, as if nothing will interfere with the journey and his resolve to journey onward. Rohrig also has mountains and water similar to the R-W card, but those feathers glowing and fanning out like possibilities and beauteous hope are neat.
I had some trouble with the actual keyword of "Virtue" attached to this. The Latin "virtus" means manliness, strength, or bravery. Not exactly what I think of with this card. Perhaps it's just a matter of facing up to what's ahead of you with resolve and strength, in which case the imagery evokes that. The LWB uses the phrase "channeled energy leads to success" which I liked. All his highways channel the eye it seems, and here he has that solid line shimmering.
The number 3 itself is filled with two black and white patterns of stripes and circles. I like the way he highlights things in black and white--like the checkered patterns throughout the deck. Whether it means anything or is simply a way to tie in the colours for the artistic theme is unknown to me, but I like it. Blue, black, white, purple, gold--wonderful colours.
3 of Cups
This is a lovely card--2 filled cups and the patterned number 3 hovering over the empty cup ready to fill it. A waterfall and radiating light.
The pattern in the rock at the left reminded me of a fossilized bird, perhaps meaning that abundance should be enjoyed while we are alive. Or letting your love and joy flow freely and not be calcified and rigid like fossilized remains lest you remain oblivious to life around you.
Also, the fill patterns in the cups are slightly different, but harmonized with colour as if to say that abundance has different patterns or faces and it's what you make of that or how you see life that counts. Like what pictures you see in the rock--like looking at clouds and stars--it's what you choose to behold.
3 of Swords
This guy looks overwhelmed by defeat and darkness, swallowed up by shadow and sorrow. That looks like a door or wooden cover over a grid, and beyond the stars and a glowing light. It looms large but seems pretty battered.
What to do? Climb up and out, maybe un-wedge it or nudge it open a crack and get out? Those paving stones seems to go under there, so there is something on the other side.
If that guy would look up and around he might find a way out and see that there's something on the other side. He is defeated because he is looking down at his shoes and they aren't running shoes with textured soles, they're slippery-soled leather loafers. He hasn't even tucked a penny in the flap for heaven's sake. Jeez, whose fault is that?
3 of Disks
Too bad they painted a loincloth on the figure in the North Americian deck. Lunacy.
Sprockets, metal plates, metal mesh and a man holding a huge ball. It looks almost like a gold nugget with clay molded or sculpted over it. Is he holding it up as a burden or offering it up as a sample of his work? Maybe he's an alchemist who has taken a piece of sculpted clay and turned it into gold? Gold to match the stars in the sky, his offering to the Universe?
I don't immediately get the classic meaning of master craftsman, but as I ponder it I rather like it. Making, doing, strength in action, the gift, your art.
