My One Deck Wonder projects continues to provide vindication that I picked the right deck for me and that I can comfortably continue with it, possibly even for several months to come, without feeling bereft of other decks.
I have many built-in long-term obstacles (the obstacles are my own self, you see) and the Grail quest is an apt analogy for my attempts to conquer them. Hell, it's an apt analogy for most struggles to reach a goal; that's why the tale's been in high circulation for a good few centuries.
The ODW Daily Draws thread is a great place to hang-out with my buds Tarot Orat, Disa, kalliope and aurarcana. I invite others to join us.
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Chiriku, I saw you mention that you were considering scanning or photographing cards for your draws. Since I'm a fan of seeing the cards in others' spreads, I want to encourage this!
I also have a tip for making it easier for anyone who has a smartphone who would like to start doing this:
--Get yourself a free Dropbox account if you don't already have one.
--Install Dropbox on your computer, and on your phone.
--Turn ON the "instant upload" feature in the Dropbox app on your phone. (You can set it to only upload when on a wireless network so you don't eat up your data.)
--Your photos will then be synced to your Dropbox folder on your computer.
--Don't forget to periodically delete or transfer your uploads out of your Dropbox folder so you don't run out of space, and so the uploads list doesn't get unmanageably long.
This way, as soon as you snap a picture of your spread it will upload the photo to your account. When you go to your computer to post your Daily Draw, your photo will be waiting for you in your Camera Uploads folder. You'll probably have to adjust the size of your image to be within Aeclectic's limit (I do). (If you have a Mac, I'd suggest quickly opening up the image in Preview and using the Adjust Size option in the Tools menu. There is a standard 1024x768 option in the drop-down that almost always works, and Preview is lightweight and fast compared to most image editing software.)
These are very useful tips; I thank you, kalliope. Part of the reason I drag my feet so much on my online/electronic tarot journaling is because I mentally insist on having images of the card to accompany each entry, and it's a pain in the neck to have to email myself photos from my smartphone, log on to email on the computer, download them, and then upload them to whatever forum I'm writing in.
I actually do have Dropbox installed for a one-time share with someone but I recall something limiting my usage of it---I think it was a low allowed capacity for uploaded files, at least at the time.