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Today I'm a bit of a wreck. Tuesday's excursion to the gym, and my insistence on trying every one of the medieval physical torture devices is being felt in every limb. Why today and not Wednesday? Anyways, at some point this evening, still burning, I'm due to go down and do it all over again.
I have a gym-bag, I have to.
More Shamans than Doctors
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I see these signs everywhere. And - I don't devalue the treatments, but - a lot of people equivocate this with science and medicine. Which - unfortunately, it largely isn't. "Wellness" is a vague term which is only but partially addressed in this.
Still, they make me laugh.
The Tarot - Alfred Douglas
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Considerably simpler and much more readable than Jodorowski's treatment of the same.
Filled with Jungian references, the history of the Tarot, various incidental characters and metaphysicians, alchemists and other occultists both known and unknown, more obscure writers for me to trap down, these are all spurs to my curiosity.
He makes plain what you knew all along, the interpretations of the cards relatively straightforward and memorable - and - flipping back to Jodorowski; realize that it is possible to give a little too much information. His whole "If the Cards Could Speak" bit is a little over-the-top, if you ask me...
One recalls Bruhl-Levy and Primitive Mind, in which nothing occurs by chance, and so if you place your faith in the cards then so be it, but - JC and the Bible oppose; for you and you alone are the arbitrar of fate.
Nonetheless, the rich symbolism of the cards attracts, and the many ways to shuffle and approach the journey are intriguing to me. As was the information that Manly P. Hall and Knapp conspired to produce their own Tarot Deck, (Link: https://www.prs.org/store/p2910/The_Knapp-Hall_Tarot_Deck_--_Limited_Edition_Reprint.html) which, given Manly's stance on the Occult I suspect were more for meditative than divinatory purposes, although, as we know, in life more than two things, even entirely contradictory, can be true.
Anyways, enjoying this, a pleasant break from Henry James and the melancholy canals and churches of Venice.
Meet the Artist: Art for People
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Spotted while on the tour at Rossland's "Alpine Grind",
Link: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063621426065
Link: Artforpeople.ca (on the business card, but didn't work when I tried. Maybe it needs updating?)(Tried again, works fine. Clearly the issue is me.)
I admire the spontaneity of it...and in an odd way it kind of works. And you might think I'm being facetious, but I do find much to admire in people who proceed without the self-doubts or inner monologue that plague others, that sees them execute an idea without any great planning or reflection.
That said, I'm definitely not that guy. Or, better put, I'm that guy in a vehicle with no clutch, brakes or transmission, but I'm not that guy with a paintbrush.
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