Soulcollaging cards: The Ravens of Unresting Thought, The Bearer of Burdens, Jane Austen

[pegkerr]

The scanner is up and running. Hurrah! You can click on any of the pictures to see it closer up.

The title of this first card is a reference to my favorite poem in all the world, Yeat's The Two Trees. The ravens he speaks of in the poem have come to represent depression for me. I went back and forth as to whether this card is a "Committee Card" (something inside of me) or a "Council Card" (something archetypal). I have tentatively decided (for now) that it is a Council Card, but in fact it may be a bridge card between the two suits.

The Ravens of Unresting Thought I am the One whose thoughts circle ceaselessly, in restlessness and darkness. I gaze into the bitter glass to see what is reflected there. All I see within turns to despair, yet I do not flinch away.

The Bearer of Burdens - Committee Suit I am the One who is dependable, who bears the unbearable weight. I keep moving forward steadily through the desert that no one else can cross. I carry all that I need with me using my own inner strength. I can carry the burdens of others as well as my own.

Here's one to honor one of my favorite authors. It is unusual because I use words on this card, which as a rule I think I will want to avoid when making soulcollaging cards. But this first paragraph is so famous that I couldn't resist using it. (I used the Jane Austen font, which is based upon her handwriting.) These are the table and chair she used when writing her novels.

Jane Austen - Community suit I am One who is keenly observant of human nature, who uses words with economy, wit and precision. I tell tales that end happily, but without being blind to the follies and foibles of others. I supported myself by my pen, and my works will live for the ages.

Comments

[diatryma.livejournal.com]

These are very lovely.

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

You are creating such beautiful things here. Kudos to Rob for getting the scanner working so we can all enjoy your work. (I recognize that first image!)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

I have a friend running a SoulCollage workshop here soon... I ought to go.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

It has been so much fun for me to get into it, and it's been great to share it with Delia, because she's getting interested and having fun making cards, too.

[chelsearoad.livejournal.com]

Love that JA card!

Actually, I love them all.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Hey, I have the image that you used on the ravens card!

I am fascinated by the soulcollaging cards. I keep speculatively eyeing the stacks and stacks of magazines I have sitting around, but I have to remember that I have no type for another craft-type project.

[http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/]

Those are amazing!!! And your descriptions are incredible too. It seems silly, and overly obvious to say, but wow, these really, really fit you so perfectly- Bearer of Burdens, Jane Austen, you are really tapping into yourself here.

I do feel bad about the Ravens, though. I adore ravens and crows myself. I believe I'd have a crow as one of my chakra animal companions... perhaps I should get going on doing this myself!! I am stunned at how little attention and time I've given to myself the last few months, I need to turn that around this summer!

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

kijjohnson sent me a raven figurine for Christmas (last year, I think?) for the very same reason--to give me some good associations that go with them. She included a note outlining some of them: ravens bring news, ravens tease wolves (one of her totem animals). It perches there above my computer at my desk, with its head cocked looking down at me, bright-eyed, with Kij's note tucked into its beak. I think it has a rather benevolent look.

[http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/]

Well, obviously you are not alone in your perspectives of ravens, I am used to being in the minority of admiring them. I think it is just those incredible intelligent, searing looks that make people either love them, or find them very disconcerting.