During my daily morning meditation/ contemplation time I was instructed to draw a card from The Archeo deck, by Nick Bantock. This deck and the ways Nick suggests using it have been really helpful to me lately. The cards represent different architypes, different parts of ourselves that we all have. It has been fun to explore the expression of my different parts through these cards.
As I shuffled the deck, I asked for a bit of direction and encouragement. My call was for a card to reveal and tap into the part of me that wants to express right now. Who inside of me wants to come forward?
The Poet.
I’ll be honest, it brought some shadow…which was likely part of the point of the draw ;-). Examining our shadow is always helpful for growth. Do not fear the dark.
My first thought: my husband is the poet. He is an ACTUAL poet. A talented and published poet. And then: my sister is the writer. She got all the writing awards in school. People PAY her to write.
But the Poet part of me is wanting to express. That’s what the card is telling me anyway. Ha! So I read on, trusting, as I have learned to do with card draws. And most everything, really.
“The Poet lets his imagination run free! His words concentrate and distill (ok, my words do not do that. It’s more like they sprawl all over the page and roll around). His words make visible the ethereal, bringing focus to beauty, and inviting us to pause and consider.”
At this point, I was drawn out of my self examination and elevated into beauty and truth. I really FELT what art, in various forms, can do for us. I felt elevated. I wrote in my journal – “YES!!! THAT is what I want to do in my work. In my life.”
“An elegant romantic, he merges rich experience with the unexpected, synthesizing the essence of every moment, making the world more vibrant. His words help you filter through your thoughts and feelings in order to reveal your most noble self.”
THAT is EXACTLY what I strive to do in my work. That is the pinnacle for me. My ultimate goal in working with my clients.
“He is a distiller of word and image, a lyricist and champion of higher ideals, beautifully wrapped in string and rice paper…The poet will never let anything become ordinary (at this point the sun crested my house and shone on my face! Seriously. I can’t make this shit up). Through his eyes you will see the greatest of spiral galaxies set within the smallest of sea shells.”
“He is searching for the quiet truths, fiercely hacking away at the tarmac and weeds, attempting to reveal the peace hidden beneath the city’s sidewalks.”
“We require poets and artists to keep from stagnating. Such unconventional thinking threatens the status quo. Each day we must fight not for power or wealth, but for the words and marks that articulate the sharp taste of our existence.”
AHHHHH YESSSS!!!! That’s what I’m going for – in all of my various expressions.
So what and who is wanting to express in you right now?
If you’d like a guide to make the ethereal visible, to bring focus to beauty, to help you make your world more vibrant, to help you filter through your thoughts and feelings in order to reveal your most noble self, to help you elevate out of the ordinary, to find the quiet truths, to reveal the peace hidden beneath, to pull out of stagnation…THAT is EXACTLY what I do.
Come.
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