Simply Be

Well, tears did eventually flow, so yesterday's cards ended up being pretty much on the money. My boyfriend and I went out for some drinks last night and met our friends. He got tired after a while and I stayed out for an hour or so more. I would have been happy to have gone home with him, but I thought it would be nice to spend some times with my friends out of my relationship for a change, so I stayed and talked. In the end, it was just me and one of my closest mates. She lives only eight doors away from me, so we shared a taxi home. After we had paid the driver, she burst into tears. She has had a hard time of it lately. Before going home, I sat outside her house with her for a while and gave her a cuddle. I don't think that either of us were expecting the rush of emotion, but I think she probably needed the release. I have never seen her cry before, so that's where yesterday's cards ended up falling.

Today's duo is about harmony and peace. I had initially thought that the first card would be a token for travel, but looking at it here, I'd say that the boat is going nowhere. The oars are at rest and the water is still. As much as it could be about movement and travel in other draws, accompanied by the young man in the second card, it is about taking it easy and going with the flow. Well, it is Sunday after all. The young guy sits and listens to the waves. They are strong and powerful, but they are also relaxing and hypnotic as they wash over the sand. Unlike other figures who sit alone on The Dark Beach, this one is content and happy in his own company. He is in touch with his environment and the stillness of his day. I am always rushing about, trying to fill my time with this, that, or the other, but today the cards suggest I should simply 'be'. I have spent the morning laying on the sofa, cuddling up to a cat who lives a few doors away. She is the most affectionate cat I have ever met and I love her very much.

After our day of photograph-making yesterday, I started to put some new cards together for this deck. In the landscape of this oracle, I imagine there to be a dense wood somewhere further into the island. It's darkness is slightly unnerving, but captivating at the same time. The first card I have made in this chapter of The Dark Beach is it's entrance. A
handsome man welcomes us into the wood and acts as our guide. Let's call him Kenzie, since that is his name. Kenzie Roth, who I have used for the illustration, is one of my favourite male models and is signed to Premier in New York. I downloaded some really nice photograph's of him recently and wanted to get him into the oracle somewhere. He is in another card already made, but in this one, his job is to encourage us to search within the hidden and darker parts of our mind and soul. The wood is a symbol of such a place.



Illustrations from The Dark Beach Oracle by Prince Le Normand