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Hiya Gryffin,
I would love one. Focus would be about my creativity, where it could take me and how can I utilize it better (I don't know if I am wording this correctly)
Hi kaleanna, thank you for letting me read for you. I hope something in here resonates.
Getting started on this reading was a little bit of a challenge. I couldn’t find my sea drake reading cloth, so I thought I’d use the one I’m making for Witchy Woman. Somehow it just wasn’t talking to me, so I ended up choosing a greyhound image that I’m working on.
I gently stirred the little treasures, picked up a few and tossed. All the pieces landed directly on the greyhound itself, by which I infer that at this stage, this is all about you and your own choices and desires, rather than about outside forces. Of course that could change eventually, but for now its in your hands.
Six objects:
- a silver dolphin
- a tiny clay dolphin
- a bead with waves on it
- a silver heart
- a jingle bell
- a star button
My first impression is wow, a lot of water energy. Fully half of the items are from the ocean. I think of depths, of emotions, of playing with new ideas. I think of trying new elements. Swimming in the ocean like the dolphin, is free, wild, instinctive. These two dolphins seem to be saying to let go of thinking, let go of structure, let go of standard drawing practice. Try some techniques to shake things up. 30 second sketches, drawing without looking at the paper, basically anything that takes you out of your normal routine and into uncharted territories. I’m reminded of the book “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.” If you haven’t read it, now is the time.
The heart, of course, implies that you need to follow your heart in this. Perhaps obvious, but so often we create what we think others want us to create. Spend some time truly looking within yourself. What would make your heart sing? Which brings me to the jingle bell. Music. This bell is near the heart of the greyhound, emphasizing the heart in this reading. Sometimes what we think we want truly isn’t. Does drawing dragons truly make YOUR heart sing, or are you doing it for the children? Do you truly love working in colored pencils? Or do they just happen to be the medium available to you? Look within for the answers. Don’t worry if they scare you. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answers yet. Don’t worry if you’re not sure how to begin. The key is simply to begin. Try some new things. Remember that the worst thing that can happen is that you waste a piece of paper. So what? Sometimes it takes a lot of wasted paper to get to what we truly want. This is YOUR creative life, and it’s worth some introspection and some experimentation in order to see where you want to go with it.
And finally, a star button, reminding you to reach for the stars. Wish upon a star. Remember your childhood dreams. Are they really so far out of reach? Or is there a small step you could take today towards that dream? This is not a time to worry about results or timing. This is a time to play like the dolphin, to dream like that child in the window looking up at the stars, to sway to the music that makes your heart soar.
Dream. Now. And write about it. I don’t think you’re going to get any concrete ideas right now about how to move forward. But concrete ideas are about logic and thinking. Art, and any creative effort, is about letting go of logic, of allowing our intuition, our dreams, and our instincts to have free reign. It feels to me that now, while you’re at home with young children*, is a time when you can afford to explore these feelings without the pressure of performing or success. You can simply play. Watch your children for hints. And perhaps late at night when you don’t know what else to do, stand at the window and wish upon a star.
*I forget if you have more than one child, but the message is the same.
