Summer Skies
Blue skies
are boring
but proof exists
that summer skies
aren’t always blue
and as clouds
wander by
they seem
to stretch out
beyond our ken
and go on
forever
as they conspire
to take
your breath away
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🎨 Weekly Creativity Prompt – Spot the Difference
Prompt: “Below is a 3-card spread from Enchanted Forest Felines Tarot and a question/prompt to go with it. Your task is to pull the same three cards from your deck(s) and tell us how you might interpret these decks differently, and why. Same question, same cards, different decks. And if you’d read them similarly? Tell us that, and explain why!”
Question: What could I do to inspire a little more creativity and passion into my life?
Look closer at those things that strike your interest and curiosity (Page of Branches). You can’t chase every passion and explore every whim that wanders by. Some of them? You just have to let go (Five of Dandelions), in order to allow you to chase after the ones that truly inspire you (Knight of Branches).
Question: What could I do to inspire a little more creativity and passion into my life?
Get in touch with your feelings of childish enthusiasm. Where have you abandoned your dreams and how can you reconnect with them and those feelings they inspire? (Page of Flame) Trying too hard on a path that’s not right for you will only cause you to feel an unnecessary sense of struggle and defeat (Five of Zephyrs). Instead, reach for those things that lift you up, create a sense of confidence, and light within you a passion to follow your dreams (Knight of Flame).
DECK USED: ENCHANTED FOREST FELINES TAROT AND THE STOLEN CHILD TAROT
Gideon’s Challenge – Anxiety Attack
Anxiety Attack
Tangled up
in need
and overwhelm
as too many
things
come together
at once
and leave me
unable
to catch
my breath
as tears fall
like rain
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Gideon’s Challenge – Shallow Moments
Shallow Moments
Back and forth
and back again
we go
and go
and go
from one task
to another
without a moment
to spare
until all I want
is to pause
just
for a second
to close my eyes
and breathe
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🎨 Weekly Creativity Prompt – Bestest Gift EVAH!!
Prompt: “You’re a young child, and have an idea of what gift you want for your next big birthday / holiday / occasion. However, you don’t know what the gift is called, only how to describe it. Pull (at least) four cards, and use them as the basis to describe what would your young self’s bestest gift EVAH! Please share with us your description from the cards and the answer to what that fun toy might be.”
Dear daddy, I wanna be a pirate (Six of Swords) with a super sharp sabre to cut down my enemies with (Ace of Swords), before I run away to a place where I’ll never grow up (Eight of Cups) and I can live with all my friends and never have to work again (Ten of Pentacles).
The Gift : A Peter Pan book, complete with pirate costume for Halloween.
DECK USED: CAT STAR TALES POCKET TAROT
Gideon’s Challenge – Margit
Margit
Again and again
scenes are
murmured
in my ear
of cruelty
via selfishness
in one
given so many
opportunities
to learn
to change
and I have never
been so happy
to listen
as she dies
in the end…
Although I really think she should’ve been eaten by the zombies.
Slowly.
Ref: Magrit in Nick Clausen’s Cadaver series
Twisting the Leaf 