Out of the nine draws I have made with The Dark Beach Oracle, the card of friends and friendship has now come up on four occasions. This is quite a lot of times when you consider that there are fifty cards in the deck. Today, it is accompanied by the young blond guy and his makeshift teepee. One of the things I found useful to do before even interpreting the images, was make some comparisons. For example, the friends on the right have each other, but he is alone. They all huddle together for warmth, but the young blonde man has his own shelter. The friends are shown in darkness, where as he stands proud under the setting sun. He reminds me a little of Noah. In fact, I might just make that his nickname. While the others sit about and let their environment dictate their future, Noah has built his teepee and awaits the great rains. He has shelter and will stay dry.
This all makes me think about work. Could the great rain be coming in July, when my present teaching contracts finish? If so, I'd better get on with building my teepee. This would mean getting off of my backside and preparing some lesson plans for a new agency, as I have told them I would. The friends I have made on my current projects do not have work for after July either. From what I know, they have not even signed the contract for the new agency yet. I sent mine off a couple of weeks ago. I'd say that the group of four, huddled together on the beach, are them, exposed and vulnerable. Even though I would quite like to sit around and do nothing this afternoon, these cards advise me to pull my finger out, since today is one of the only days I have off this week. I must be resourceful like Noah.
Illustrations from The Dark Beach Oracle by Prince Le Normand
Great post...and way to hold your own. It also brings to mind the whole grasshopper versus ant thing--the resourceful one who prepares reaps the benefits.
ReplyDeleteI really need to learn from your incentive and move forward. I have lagged on the project I got. The ONE creative project I have and I won't do it. I have zero motivation. It's awful. I have to just force myself to do it. No idea why it's so hard for me. I just feel worn down, I guess.
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Hugs!
The thing is, when I don't want to do something, I don't do it either. I have many unfinished projects on the go. I don't think you should give yourself a hard time about it. One thing that you are consistent with is your blog. Many people can't keep one of those up, but you record your life consistently there, amongst your other responsibilities, cake-baking, graphic designing.
ReplyDeleteOne of the reasons why The Dark Beach worked is because it was not a hard task and was enjoyable. Sometimes, you need to just do a small project like that in between the other stuff. It really does build the confidence up. Maybe try some really loose drawings or some collage. Just a little, every so often.