Chronata
I just realized that I have only been working with the FO for about three weeks now, but it seems like they have been here forever.
Well, to be fair, they HAVE been here forever...I just didn't get a chance to relate to them in such a wonderful way before!
I have talked with them through Froud's other illustrations, and drew some of them myself (they love to pose for me!) but the FO is a great and very personal way to have a dialogue, since I have been using cards for a long time, and talking to fae even longer...I just never realized what a great idea it would be to put the two together!
Anyhow...I also realized that in all this time I never posted my favorite, least fav, or Universal cards.
So I will post a few thoughts now...although these are not quite the same thoughts I had written down when I started the book exercises, they have become the ones that make sense to me.
My favorite card...The Rarr
Why did I choose the Rarr among all the other beautiful Fae? (I admit it was a close race with Nels The Alchemist) I think because it looked so familiar to me!
( I think I met the Rarr once as a blue light in a friends apartment, and once as a will-o-the-wisp that directed me through a swamp to a portatoilet in the middle of a campground at night!)
There was something both calming and enthusiastic about the Rarr that just appealed to me so much!
What is very funny, is that I misread the name on the card, and actually thought it said "The Razz"...which I have since learned is the sound it loves to make when it is being difficult or unhappy! (and it shares the Bewildered Weasel Sound...but that's another story!)
The Rarr makes me happy just by being around...and I can't help but get fired up about accomplishing stuff, although usually it's the stuff that is not on my To Do list...but brand new exciting stuff! that takes me way from my current obligations, and allows me to procrastinate, by starting and finishing something new, and different!
Sometimes, the Rarr floats serenly,(like the large floaty jellys at the tank in the Zoo) and feeds on all my stressy stuff, so it doesn't make me ill or depressed. And then it fills me up with new energy and tires me out by staying up with me all night, watching me do things like type lots and lots of words in the computer!
The Rarr is something I really needed in my life, as I have a chronic fatigue thing that seems to get worse as the cold snaps of winter approach.
Least Favorite card...The Bodacious Bodach
I am not even sure I spelled his name right. but he doesn't seem to mind that I just call him "The Bode"
Actually, I think he really likes the nickname.
I don't dislike him as much as I am just generally annoyed and frustrated with him. He seems to be ALWAYS there, when I just want to be alone or work out things for myself. His grin is infuriating, and his gleefull cheeriness, I swear he puts on just to annoy me!
On those days when I am mad, or sad or angry,or especially frustrated and I don't feel like talking to anyone, or trying to continue to find a solution in the big mess that is in front of me, he sits on my husband's shoulder and whispers stuff to him.
And then my husband, and the Bode, try and offer me a million and three solutions, when the last thing I want is for anyone to try and help. But that's what he is around for...so I am working on finding a way to deal with both him (and my husband) and to assure them both, that sometimes I really didn't ask for any help, and that I will get along fine without them making things worse!
Universal card...The Faery Who Was Kissed by the Pixies
This card is filled with such absolute unquestionable delight!
It just bubbles with love and joy and optimism...and you can see it on every face! I like to think that Love is the greatest thing that can be...and I also like to think that I love unconditionally.
I am comming to find that even people who I once despised, have become the truest teachers in my life, and for that I can not help but Love them too. I don't have much to say about this card...other than it makes me smile and giggle each and every time it comes up in a reading!
So that's my random and probably incoherant ramblings about my Fae. I would love to hear other's thoughts about these particular cards, as they have become my own personal guardians and cheerleaders of late!
Well, to be fair, they HAVE been here forever...I just didn't get a chance to relate to them in such a wonderful way before!
I have talked with them through Froud's other illustrations, and drew some of them myself (they love to pose for me!) but the FO is a great and very personal way to have a dialogue, since I have been using cards for a long time, and talking to fae even longer...I just never realized what a great idea it would be to put the two together!
Anyhow...I also realized that in all this time I never posted my favorite, least fav, or Universal cards.
So I will post a few thoughts now...although these are not quite the same thoughts I had written down when I started the book exercises, they have become the ones that make sense to me.
My favorite card...The Rarr
Why did I choose the Rarr among all the other beautiful Fae? (I admit it was a close race with Nels The Alchemist) I think because it looked so familiar to me!
( I think I met the Rarr once as a blue light in a friends apartment, and once as a will-o-the-wisp that directed me through a swamp to a portatoilet in the middle of a campground at night!)
There was something both calming and enthusiastic about the Rarr that just appealed to me so much!
What is very funny, is that I misread the name on the card, and actually thought it said "The Razz"...which I have since learned is the sound it loves to make when it is being difficult or unhappy! (and it shares the Bewildered Weasel Sound...but that's another story!)
The Rarr makes me happy just by being around...and I can't help but get fired up about accomplishing stuff, although usually it's the stuff that is not on my To Do list...but brand new exciting stuff! that takes me way from my current obligations, and allows me to procrastinate, by starting and finishing something new, and different!
Sometimes, the Rarr floats serenly,(like the large floaty jellys at the tank in the Zoo) and feeds on all my stressy stuff, so it doesn't make me ill or depressed. And then it fills me up with new energy and tires me out by staying up with me all night, watching me do things like type lots and lots of words in the computer!
The Rarr is something I really needed in my life, as I have a chronic fatigue thing that seems to get worse as the cold snaps of winter approach.
Least Favorite card...The Bodacious Bodach
I am not even sure I spelled his name right. but he doesn't seem to mind that I just call him "The Bode"
Actually, I think he really likes the nickname.
I don't dislike him as much as I am just generally annoyed and frustrated with him. He seems to be ALWAYS there, when I just want to be alone or work out things for myself. His grin is infuriating, and his gleefull cheeriness, I swear he puts on just to annoy me!
On those days when I am mad, or sad or angry,or especially frustrated and I don't feel like talking to anyone, or trying to continue to find a solution in the big mess that is in front of me, he sits on my husband's shoulder and whispers stuff to him.
And then my husband, and the Bode, try and offer me a million and three solutions, when the last thing I want is for anyone to try and help. But that's what he is around for...so I am working on finding a way to deal with both him (and my husband) and to assure them both, that sometimes I really didn't ask for any help, and that I will get along fine without them making things worse!
Universal card...The Faery Who Was Kissed by the Pixies
This card is filled with such absolute unquestionable delight!
It just bubbles with love and joy and optimism...and you can see it on every face! I like to think that Love is the greatest thing that can be...and I also like to think that I love unconditionally.
I am comming to find that even people who I once despised, have become the truest teachers in my life, and for that I can not help but Love them too. I don't have much to say about this card...other than it makes me smile and giggle each and every time it comes up in a reading!
So that's my random and probably incoherant ramblings about my Fae. I would love to hear other's thoughts about these particular cards, as they have become my own personal guardians and cheerleaders of late!