5.12.10
The
Queen of Masks
A
beautiful woman walking in a cold moonlit cemetery with winter trees
behind her and a frosty mist. She’s wearing a long black dress with
long pointed lace sleeves, her red hair blowing back from her
movements. The arms of two stone crosses part as she walks between
them. She’s holding a mask in her right hand and looking down, lost
in dreams; her left arm is held out and perhaps swinging as she
walks. I feel her melancholy and boredom emanating from this card;
wands should be energetic and inspiring but this is deadly cold
instead of the warmth I’d expect. This
comes as I am snowed-in. I went out today and wished I didn’t have
to go… and don’t plan on going anywhere until Monday morning.
She
wears a pentacle pendant and her mask is sharp and devilish which
seems completely opposite to her character. Perhaps she isn’t happy
in her situation and is forced to play the game. So what does that
mean to me? That it’s possible to walk through a freezing cemetery
in a flimsy dress and not feel it because your mind is elsewhere
thinking of warmer times? Is my mind where it ought to be? No –
because I’ve found this forum and can’t keep away from it long
enough to get back to my WIP (I’m supposed to be researching and
delving deeper into tarot) and begin the re-write. This
is making me think about my main character and that perhaps she
should be more melancholy, in her lesser-manic moments…and maybe
I’ll give her a pentacle pendant and a golden devil mask on a
stick.
The
Queen of Masks is a woman who is spiritually aware,
honourable, warm, loving and practical – me in other words. This
woman would not rise to her best form in such an environment and so
would naturally look back at what she considers her best times. I
match this to how I’ve neglected the plans for my new flat (I moved
in two years ago!) and live in a dusty stack of books and art
materials, sneezing for all I’m worth, with barely a picture on the
walls yet. So, if I’m going to be snowed-in this weekend maybe I
should make some headway. Hmmm.
Oh,
I totally forgot the question I was asking as I shuffled and chose my
card – as it happens it was about the WIP. ‘Will it be
successful?’ so, even though I forgot I asked the question I ended
up thinking about it and working on the character, a little.
- back to the future
No, I haven't finished THAT wip yet...and can't really remember which one it was! Though I leap from one WIP to another, I'm not abandoning them, just laying them away while I play with a new toy - and I don't throw my toys out of the pram and break them. Novels always do better with time for gestation.
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