I use tarot and oracle cards as tools for reflection and contemplation. Rather than divining the future, they are a way for me to look more deeply at the "now."
"The goal isn't to arrive, but to meander, to saunter, to make your life a holy wandering." ~ Rami Shapiro

Monday, September 26, 2016

Woodpile of Ideas

From the Tarot of Pagan Cats, the Knave (Page) of Wands; from Brownie Wisdom, Be Off:
          I can just imagine this young cat thinking, "Finally! A decent scratching post in this boring place!" It took him under an hour to run through the pyramids, and now he's already restless for something new to explore. His high energy and willingness to take risks does not lend itself to meandering slowly through a place. He likes to learn at one speed, and never from the same book. Of course his mind does the same with ideas. He'll have a wild thought about doing or creating something, then he heads off in another direction. He's like a brainstorming committee that tosses everything out on the table, regardless of how reckless or impossible it sounds. The knave isn't mature enough to follow through on any of it, but if you need a fresh direction to move in, he's your guy for possibilities.  The Brownie explains how to deal with scoffers: don't listen or simply walk away. People who are afraid of anything different will automatically attempt to squash any spark before it turns into a flame. Although everything in the knave's woodpile of ideas isn't feasible, there just might be a few suggestions too good to ignore.
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
~ Rob Siltanen


6 comments:

  1. adults scoffing at kid's ideas is probably why we don't see much that is new.

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    1. Easy to buy into the idea that something that's been around a long time must be good, so let's don't change a thing. Just look at Congress for how well that's turning out.

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  2. This reminds me of how artists are likely to create more "good" work when they are creating a lot than when they are trying to create only the "good" stuff

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    1. I didn't even think of that, but you're absolutely right! Focusing only on the "good stuff" can paralyze me with the idea of perfection.

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  3. This knave is 'scratching' out a new idea, usually something fun, different, interesting; at the very least we should listen before dismissing. I read something earlier that their are 86400 seconds in a day, don't let someone mess up 86390 of your seconds with 10 seconds of their 'scoffing.'

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    1. He definitely can widen our viewpoint if we're receptive! :)

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