Two new Soul Collage cards
Oct. 19th, 2012 10:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrThese are both Council Suit cards:
The hands (I'm almost embarrassed to say) are from an ad for a snack cookie. Oreos, actually, which is funny because I don't find Oreos in the least bit tempting. But I know many people do. And yes, that is the Elder Wand and the One Ring. The eye is an image I've been hanging onto for quite awhile; I knew it had to go into a card, having something to do with, say, idolatry. This card seemed to fit.
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Birth is one of the passages, and so is Death, but they are not the only ones. I am moving into one of these stages, the Empty Nest stage. What is most noticeable to me about these passages right now are the mystery inherent in them. I peer and strain to see what lies beyond the threshold, but I can't see, which makes me hesitate. Reminds me of this passage from one of my favorite childhood books. The swan was another element that I knew had to be a part of the card; not just any bird would do, either: it had to be a swan. That is because a swan is both my patronus (see here and here), and the sign/companion animal of my seventh chakra, which is the chakra point (at the crown of the head) that serves as the transition from the self to the universe.
It's also related to the Window Into Eternity card, as it's about the boundary, the place between.
A couple of minor dissatisfactions: I would have been happier if it had been a less recognizable bridge. But the picture certainly evoked what I was trying to portray. I am also disappointed because I bought a different kind of dry fixative (Letraset's Letratec) than the one I've been using up until now (Bainbridge's Studiotac), but Letratec is definitely NOT as good. The glue doesn't afix nearly as well, yet perversely, if you get it on the wrong spot, it doesn't remove nearly as easily. There's one spot where a bit got on the front side of the paper. When I tried to rub it off, it eventually muddled the ink of the picture itself. I'm definitely going back to Studiotac.
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| Temptation of Absolute Power - Council Suit I am the One who lures you with the promise of mastery over whatever you desire. My appeal is intoxicating, and the reward initially appealing, but beware: you are grasping for more than your fair share, and the price can be arrogance, which leads to the seeds of your own destruction. |
The hands (I'm almost embarrassed to say) are from an ad for a snack cookie. Oreos, actually, which is funny because I don't find Oreos in the least bit tempting. But I know many people do. And yes, that is the Elder Wand and the One Ring. The eye is an image I've been hanging onto for quite awhile; I knew it had to go into a card, having something to do with, say, idolatry. This card seemed to fit.
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| The Hidden Passage - Council Suit I am the One who shrouds in mystery what will happen as you pass on to the next stage. You may hesitate at the threshold, but do not wait too long. You must move forward. |
Birth is one of the passages, and so is Death, but they are not the only ones. I am moving into one of these stages, the Empty Nest stage. What is most noticeable to me about these passages right now are the mystery inherent in them. I peer and strain to see what lies beyond the threshold, but I can't see, which makes me hesitate. Reminds me of this passage from one of my favorite childhood books. The swan was another element that I knew had to be a part of the card; not just any bird would do, either: it had to be a swan. That is because a swan is both my patronus (see here and here), and the sign/companion animal of my seventh chakra, which is the chakra point (at the crown of the head) that serves as the transition from the self to the universe.
It's also related to the Window Into Eternity card, as it's about the boundary, the place between.
A couple of minor dissatisfactions: I would have been happier if it had been a less recognizable bridge. But the picture certainly evoked what I was trying to portray. I am also disappointed because I bought a different kind of dry fixative (Letraset's Letratec) than the one I've been using up until now (Bainbridge's Studiotac), but Letratec is definitely NOT as good. The glue doesn't afix nearly as well, yet perversely, if you get it on the wrong spot, it doesn't remove nearly as easily. There's one spot where a bit got on the front side of the paper. When I tried to rub it off, it eventually muddled the ink of the picture itself. I'm definitely going back to Studiotac.