Rages and Imperfections

The phrase for today’s image is one of the steps I’m working on in my current novena. I’ve taken it from the Ereshkigal card in The Goddess on Earth Oracle by Lisa Levart.

I took this photo of part of a painting in the dentist’s office. Is it the way in, or the way out?

I usually choose five words or phrases or archetypes or ideas for each novena, for my focus during each decade of the daily rosary. For this novena, I chose five random cards from The Goddess on Earth Oracle, and they flow beautifully from one to the next:

  1. Alligator: Primal Instincts
  2. Ereshkigal: Accept rage and imperfection
  3. Aphrodite: Awaken to Love
  4. Arianrhod: Live Large
  5. Guabancex: Stand in your power

In the center is the Owl: Knowledge, who is also Wisdom and Truth

Celebration

He’s got a bellyful of candy.


Gratitude List:

  1. Birds and wings and feathers
  2. The messages in dreams
  3. A new Netflix show that makes me want to walk in the treadmill (’cause that’s when I watch shows)
  4. Layers: colors, clothes, ideas
  5. Challenges: Can you read X number of books in a year? Can you consciously eat your five servings of fruits and veggies in a day? Can you up the amount  of time you spend moving your body every day?

May we walk in Beauty!

Living in Layers

This is the sheet where I roll my brayer between prints. I learned some things from my print session today, but in the end, the brayer sheet is more interesting.

Look up Stanley Kunitz’s poem, “Layers.”

I’m getting ready for New Year’s Eve, making all sorts of little magics. . .