Strength

pulling cards:

First card -where i was whilst starting painting? the Strength card (The Flow Tarot).

the quiet power, persistence, resiliency, my inner strength carries me.

Second card – What are we moving through? King of Swords (Ryder deck) & Ace of Pentacles (Ryder deck)

king of swords -truth, decisive action

Ace of Pentacles – earth – North, winter, midnight, New beginning, prosperity, tangible opportunities in the material world.

Third card – Moving to now? 7 of pentacles (Ryder deck) and Wombat (animal deck)

7 of pentacles – moment of pause, reflection, re-evaluating the harvest of my efforts before deciding on the next steps (ie – the re creating of the softie sculptures I used to make and sell, the weekly instagram reels Ive been doing to tell my story, buying a new epson ecotank printer to make my own 8×10 prints – these i have discovered at not to be right now)

The Wombat – digging deep for hidden truths, self-reliance, finding comfort within myself, grounding and developing my talents.

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now, the soup pot is steaming. we have managed past the big Christmas holiday of eating festival, and I am back to cleansing and simmering down. An ice storm is forcasted from ten pm tonight until Monday 7 pm, maybe an inch of ice? I had this painting mostly done prior although was working digitally to finish over the last two days after the big Christmas.

I use watercolor with a bit of pencil and pen to forecast, make known to me, divinate and then pull tarot cards. Then I take the whole piece into Corel paint to accentuate.

i havnt written in my blog since last May when there was a fire here. I painted about the fire one month before it happened.

This was a deep inquiry for me, this painting and tarot reading. I have pivotted in new ways again. Instead of the weekly instagram reels i plan to rather work on blog posts, using my painting and cards. I am honing again in on the paintings. When I look at what I would miss when i leave this earth plane I would sigh about not continuing and deepening and painting everyday. It gives me so much to think about, helps me clear outdated models and karma, it brings me closer to the elementals and my guides and guardians from many places. It grounds me.

plus my re emergence into pottery is exploding.