When I think about this card as emotional abundance or flow in a scholarly process, then I interpret this as a reminder to attend to my emotional fulfillment and “write with pleasure”. I totally agree that the other depictions illustrate that interpretation much better than RWS.
I’m intrigued by what lies behind the curtain in the RWS card. My current reading includes Elif Shafak’s There Are Rivers in the Sky (fabulous, by the way); yesterday’s piece of the story was about a young boy who, having lived in abject poverty, has an income for the first time. He realises that he’s started to worry about keeping his money safe - an issue that he had never known when living hand to mouth. I agree with Helen that the RWS figure looks smug. Should he be more alert to what is hidden? Might there be a thief waiting to steal his Precious, or is it just empty shelves prettied up with a curtain? In contrast, the other decks speak to me of generosity. This contrast holds meaning for me as a scholar, in terms of how we share our research. Superficially, that might be more of a swords/intellect issue, but going deeper I think it’s also about an emotional layer of our identity as scholars in a scholarly community. Do we hold ownership over our data and findings tightly, viewing our colleagues with suspicion, or do we share generously, and maybe naively? There are scholarly risks either way, both intellectual and emotional.
I've just read There Are Rivers in the Sky too, Pam, isn't it marvellous?! I agree that scholarly intellect and emotions can be hard to keep separate, and this card taps into that ....
When I think about this card as emotional abundance or flow in a scholarly process, then I interpret this as a reminder to attend to my emotional fulfillment and “write with pleasure”. I totally agree that the other depictions illustrate that interpretation much better than RWS.
I’m intrigued by what lies behind the curtain in the RWS card. My current reading includes Elif Shafak’s There Are Rivers in the Sky (fabulous, by the way); yesterday’s piece of the story was about a young boy who, having lived in abject poverty, has an income for the first time. He realises that he’s started to worry about keeping his money safe - an issue that he had never known when living hand to mouth. I agree with Helen that the RWS figure looks smug. Should he be more alert to what is hidden? Might there be a thief waiting to steal his Precious, or is it just empty shelves prettied up with a curtain? In contrast, the other decks speak to me of generosity. This contrast holds meaning for me as a scholar, in terms of how we share our research. Superficially, that might be more of a swords/intellect issue, but going deeper I think it’s also about an emotional layer of our identity as scholars in a scholarly community. Do we hold ownership over our data and findings tightly, viewing our colleagues with suspicion, or do we share generously, and maybe naively? There are scholarly risks either way, both intellectual and emotional.
I've just read There Are Rivers in the Sky too, Pam, isn't it marvellous?! I agree that scholarly intellect and emotions can be hard to keep separate, and this card taps into that ....