Weekly Creativity Prompt – The Feels

Prompt: “Draw a single random card from (one of) your favorite decks and share how the card’s imagery makes you feel.”

The Pinokkio Tarot by Sagittis - The FoolDisgusted. I mean honestly, that was my first reaction when I saw this card. Disgust.

Pinokkio has decided to lay among the grass and flowers, and because he’s not paying attention to his surroundings and has lain himself down in an inadvisable place, he’s going to get pissed on by a dog.

Interestingly, my feeling of disgust concerning this card are very similar to the feeling of disgust I get when I find people who are willfully ignorant and choose to do stupid shit without thinking about it first. So the feeling is very accurate for the Fool where I am concerned, as the Fool is often quite irresponsible and oblivious to their surroundings in most cases.

My disgust in this picture would turn my perspective on the meaning of the Fool’s placement in a reading into something slightly more cautionary or negative. Ie: a warning about not paying attention, taking care to do not do foolish things, or a message about thinking before you act.

DECK USED: PINOKKIO TAROT BY SAGITTIS

Gideon’s Challenge

IMG_0710Photosynthesis

Brand new pennies
can’t shine
quite as bright
as I do
under your gaze
that feeds
my needs
like sunshine
upon the petals
of a flower
and eagerly
I stretch toward you
for more

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Gideon’s Challenge

IMG_0698The Beg

I am
eager
waiting
anticipating
and
so very ready
for you

Please.

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Gideon’s Challenge

IMG_0608Squishy

I want to tromp
barefoot
through grass
and muddy water
and feel the squish
of wet soil
between my toes
as the icy water
makes toe tips
tingle
in the cold bite
of snow melt
from
mountain tops
far away

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Gideon’s Challenge

IMG_9718The Eternity

Time stretches long
like a rubber band
pulled taut
and the inch it was
becomes
a foot… or more
as seconds stretch
into minutes
and then hours
as time becomes
an expanse
never ending

and then suddenly
snaps
back into place
without warning

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Gideon’s Challenge

IMG_0736The Good Fight

I’m trying
so hard
to see the lighter
side of life
and be positive
in the face
of adversity
and strife
and yet
every day
I find that the
negative space
is not filled up
with light

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