Rein Responsibility
I just couldn’t do it, I couldn’t purchase something I have no money to pay for. The reins of the mind are fairly strong, so no bicycle for me.
However, I did come up with a concept for a second necklace based on the Rumi Tarot, for which I already have materials at hand, so I’m sifting that around instead of spending money.
Very often I find that if I get busy on an art project or some writing, the impulse to buy things goes away. It’s not simple boredom that makes me want to buy things, it’s inspiration for my creativity, so once I get that I have no need to buy things. Lately I get a lot of books on inter-library loan so that helps tremendously, but it’s hard to work alone, so an extra jolt of inspiration is always welcome, and I immediately got that from the Rumi Tarot. Those gorgeous, saturated colours: I can’t believe any artist would have the patience to make their own egg tempera. Nigel Jackson and Lorena Moore are the only two artists I know who do this, and I love their artwork.
So, today let’s pick a card from the Rumi Tarot:
8 OF SWORDS
“Untie the knots from my hands and feet”
Hahaha. Yeah, no kidding. I could take this as a clarification of what I wrote above about inspiration and freeing the mind from a dependency on spending. I could also take this literally, as I do have knots in my hands and feet as well as muscle spasms and sciatica. Chronic pain simply robs me of all the joy in life, the ecstasy of movement and action.
This card. . . . has clouds whispering.
Tags: 8 of Swords, art, artists, creativity, egg tempera, Inspiration, Lorena Moore, Nigel Jackson, Rumi Tarot
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