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Soulcollage Cards - The Woman Who Listens to Ravens and Resilience
The following cards are paired, like their counterparts in the Council Suit, the Dementor card and the Expecto Patronum card. They are related to another card, The Ravens of Unresting Thought, which is a bridge between the Committee and Council suits.
First, I did the Woman Who Listens to Ravens card, which is my Depression card.
The ravens is a reference to my favorite poem in all the world, Yeat's The Two Trees. The "ravens of unresting thought" flying through the branches of the tree he speaks of in the poem have come to represent depression for me. Clinical depression has stalked me much of my life. I had my first bout at age ten, and I'm fifty now. The marigolds are another reference to the Victorian language of the flowers: marigolds represent grief, despair, bitter pain.
Right now I think my depression is under very good management. In fact, since I have to be so careful to not give depression a foothold in my own mind, it was very important to me that if I was going to do a depression card, I also had to do a Resilience Card. This feels like another Bridge card between the Committee and Council suits, like The Ravens of Unresting Thought card. I am not quite sure why. Maybe because I've thought a lot about the concept of Resilience without identifying it so much with myself. I want to BE a resilient person but old habits make me think of myself more easily as a depressive person. It is a habit I am doing my best to unlearn.
The little red bird should be a blue bird, specifically the Blue Bird of Happiness. But I couldn't find a blue bird of the right size, and heck, I like red. It seems a cheerful color to me.
First, I did the Woman Who Listens to Ravens card, which is my Depression card.
The ravens is a reference to my favorite poem in all the world, Yeat's The Two Trees. The "ravens of unresting thought" flying through the branches of the tree he speaks of in the poem have come to represent depression for me. Clinical depression has stalked me much of my life. I had my first bout at age ten, and I'm fifty now. The marigolds are another reference to the Victorian language of the flowers: marigolds represent grief, despair, bitter pain.
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| The Woman who listens to Ravens - Committee Suit I am the One who walks in shadows, listening to despair. |
Right now I think my depression is under very good management. In fact, since I have to be so careful to not give depression a foothold in my own mind, it was very important to me that if I was going to do a depression card, I also had to do a Resilience Card. This feels like another Bridge card between the Committee and Council suits, like The Ravens of Unresting Thought card. I am not quite sure why. Maybe because I've thought a lot about the concept of Resilience without identifying it so much with myself. I want to BE a resilient person but old habits make me think of myself more easily as a depressive person. It is a habit I am doing my best to unlearn.
The little red bird should be a blue bird, specifically the Blue Bird of Happiness. But I couldn't find a blue bird of the right size, and heck, I like red. It seems a cheerful color to me.
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| Resiliance - Committee Suit/Council Suit I am the One who sees sunlight despite the clouds, who remains cheerful despite every setback. I am the living embodiment of Hope. |