The day
before yesterday I had very frustrating experience with my painting. I knew I
wanted to paint something, anything. I tried so hard but nothing worked and I
felt like such a failure. I was so angry and disappointed with myself. Perhaps me
beating myself up was even worse than making such an unsuccessful
painting. After reading the post from Louise about her Pathway spread, I felt a lot better. The cards advised
me to stay away from activities that cause frustration and to sit out my inner
storm.
Since I
have this deck myself I thought let’s do my own pathway spread. My question
was: How can I work trough my creative blockages?
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| The Wildwood Tarot |
1 The
issue : The Forest Lovers
This
card was a nice surprise to get on Valentine’s Day but it also threw me of balance.
What does the lovers card has to do with my question? But when I thought about some
more, I knew it is a perfect card to draw since this card, beside addressing romantic
love, also speaks about loving every part
of yourself to become a whole person. After that union new things can be
created, new sparks will ignite.
2 Action to avoid: Ten of Stones – Home
I’ve interpreted
this card in this position as a warning not to hide in my house and behind the
business of family life or perhaps worse: Pouting in my room
3 Action to take: Seven of stones – Healing
Instead
I want to take the time to heal and to reunite with the parts of me that have
been hiding in the shadows. It felt almost as if I was lying in a circle of
calcified aspects of myself who are still able to protect me but who are also waiting
to be acknowledged.
The
first thing I did was listing every
aspect of me I could think of and that already had a surprising result. Besides:
the good mother, the little girl and the perfectionist, there were also the adventurer who was afraid
of nothing at all and the one who says sorry all the time. The hardest thing is
to keep writing and dig deeper. Forgotten parts don’t always have to be
negative sides of yourself.
I know this
process will take time but I think it will be very exciting and rewarding whatever the outcome
will be.
