obeygravity
I've been pretty in love with Solange's latest album - A Seat At The Table and keep finding myself coming back to her track Cranes in the Sky. It's become a rather therapeutic/meditative song for me and eventually found myself wanting to make a spread inspired by it. The spread itself is set up to be therapeutic and introspective while giving pro-active guidance on how to get yourself out of a mental/emotional situation that you're having difficulty moving past. In a lot of ways, it's basically a modified Celtic Cross but that spread format never seemed to work well for me but I did this one myself and it certainly was quite revealing (albeit expected but I guess the confirmation is nice ) so hopefully it'll help other people who are finding themselves also in a tough mental/emotional spot that they're trying to break out of.
The Spread Layout: https://postimg.org/image/63yu8lwb1/
Cranes in the Sky Spread
1. "I tried to drink it away
I tried to put one in the air
I tried to dance it away
I tried to change it with my hair" - What are you currently not facing directly
2 (crosses 1). "I ran my credit card bill up
Thought a new dress would make it better
I tried to work it away
But that just made me even sadder" - What are you doing to avoid dealing with it directly?
3."I tried to keep myself busy
I ran around in circles
Think I made myself dizzy" - What cycles and habits are you falling back on that are hindering you?
4. "I slept it away, I sexed it away
I read it away" - What cycles and habits are you falling back on that are helping you?
5. "Well it's like cranes in the sky
Sometimes I don't wanna feel those metal clouds
Yeah it's like cranes in the sky
Sometimes I don't wanna feel those metal clouds" - What part of this process of letting go is causing the greatest obstacle?
6. "I tried to run it away
Thought then my head be feeling clearer
I traveled 70 states
Thought moving around make me feel better" - Where you currently stand in the process of letting go?
7. "I tried to let go my lover
Thought if I was alone then maybe I could recover
To write it away or cry it away" - What's left for you to face?
8. "Don't you cry it baby" - What needs to be done to finally release and move forward to the next stage in letting go (Advice)
9 & 10 (to be read together). "Away, away, away, away, away, away
Away, away, away, away, away" - Where you will find yourself once this process is complete
The Spread Layout: https://postimg.org/image/63yu8lwb1/
Cranes in the Sky Spread
1. "I tried to drink it away
I tried to put one in the air
I tried to dance it away
I tried to change it with my hair" - What are you currently not facing directly
2 (crosses 1). "I ran my credit card bill up
Thought a new dress would make it better
I tried to work it away
But that just made me even sadder" - What are you doing to avoid dealing with it directly?
3."I tried to keep myself busy
I ran around in circles
Think I made myself dizzy" - What cycles and habits are you falling back on that are hindering you?
4. "I slept it away, I sexed it away
I read it away" - What cycles and habits are you falling back on that are helping you?
5. "Well it's like cranes in the sky
Sometimes I don't wanna feel those metal clouds
Yeah it's like cranes in the sky
Sometimes I don't wanna feel those metal clouds" - What part of this process of letting go is causing the greatest obstacle?
6. "I tried to run it away
Thought then my head be feeling clearer
I traveled 70 states
Thought moving around make me feel better" - Where you currently stand in the process of letting go?
7. "I tried to let go my lover
Thought if I was alone then maybe I could recover
To write it away or cry it away" - What's left for you to face?
8. "Don't you cry it baby" - What needs to be done to finally release and move forward to the next stage in letting go (Advice)
9 & 10 (to be read together). "Away, away, away, away, away, away
Away, away, away, away, away" - Where you will find yourself once this process is complete