Card Readings

A Multiplicity of Decks

May 16, 2019

This post is an extension of this recent IG post. Following up a youTube deck review I commented that I offer a series of DDS Double Deck Spreads at GCR which each use cards from two different decks to provide insight into a specific question [read more]

Designs I Like

Teddy Bear Tears 666

May 1, 2019

Teddy Bear Tears 666 This piece started as a photograph of a pair of black canvas sneakers. I tweaked the image; adjusting contrast and brightness, and using a limited palette to keep muted tones. I then used a Kaleidoscope function to spin a part of [read more]

Family, Identity

Making Dreams Come True

April 29, 2019

Earlier today I watched a video of someone’s dream become reality. A great personal achievement that they got to share with a supportive crowd. This was a ‘creative arts’ kind of thing, although performance is not a necessary aspect of great dreams. Do you know [read more]

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Be My Guest

April 21, 2019

This is a call for Guest Posts on this blog. Although I have plenty to say, I can only write from within my own world view. Learning increases both my brain and my heart- as I age I realize just how much I have yet [read more]

Family, Identity

Am I An Elder?

April 10, 2019

Last week I referred to myself as an elder- and was asked who had granted me the title of Elder. My first step was to check out what Mr. Webster’s (and some others) collections of definitions had to say. Some indigenous and long-ago ‘Western’ cultures [read more]

Card Readings

Tarot of Sister Who, Major Card 16

April 4, 2019

In designing their deck Sister Who did not just create new names and images within the traditional RWS (i.e. Rider- Waite- Smith) universe. Rather, they designed a collection for contemplative meditation that has both significant differences from and clear similarities to that paradigm. The 4 [read more]