darwinia
I am putting this in the general study thread rather than a thread for a specific card because it has some generalizations about tarot study.
I mentioned in my previous post how I had something to say about Penelope. I was quite, quite delighted to see her in the Lover's Path Tarot because she was my gateway to The Odyssey and further exploration of the book and characters.
When I was a teenager, I took up needlepoint, and the double stranded type of needlepoint canvas is called Penelope canvas. I have a beige -coloured Penelope canvas which is a count of 11 stitches to the inch. When I split the threads apart it becomes 22 count canvas--that's the point of making it with the double strands. I use this with two strands of embroidery floss to make petit point rugs for my dollhouses. I've done a hall runner in colonial reds and a Chinese blue and white rug for the music room, and I am currently working on a large rug for a child's room with random motifs of houses and animals and flowers.
So, named after Penelope, a famous needlewoman from legend, I always feel that using this canvas is a grounded sort of thing, an ultra-feminine connection to history and excellence in workmanship and design. It's a very elegant craft, and makes me feel like a grand lady in an English country house needling petit point fire screens for the drawing room, while the gardener nurtures mushrooms in the shed out back for my steak and kidney pie that Cook will do up for supper. It's a connection to being human and the whole history and experience of humanity.
That's what I like about Tarot cards, these little tangents of delightful discovery about history and character. We often rush and miss the journey of discovery with cards.
I mentioned in my previous post how I had something to say about Penelope. I was quite, quite delighted to see her in the Lover's Path Tarot because she was my gateway to The Odyssey and further exploration of the book and characters.
When I was a teenager, I took up needlepoint, and the double stranded type of needlepoint canvas is called Penelope canvas. I have a beige -coloured Penelope canvas which is a count of 11 stitches to the inch. When I split the threads apart it becomes 22 count canvas--that's the point of making it with the double strands. I use this with two strands of embroidery floss to make petit point rugs for my dollhouses. I've done a hall runner in colonial reds and a Chinese blue and white rug for the music room, and I am currently working on a large rug for a child's room with random motifs of houses and animals and flowers.
So, named after Penelope, a famous needlewoman from legend, I always feel that using this canvas is a grounded sort of thing, an ultra-feminine connection to history and excellence in workmanship and design. It's a very elegant craft, and makes me feel like a grand lady in an English country house needling petit point fire screens for the drawing room, while the gardener nurtures mushrooms in the shed out back for my steak and kidney pie that Cook will do up for supper. It's a connection to being human and the whole history and experience of humanity.
That's what I like about Tarot cards, these little tangents of delightful discovery about history and character. We often rush and miss the journey of discovery with cards.
