posted September 20, 2015 07:24 AM            

I know it is a huge, exhausting spread and we would probably need more than one, if not 2 cards for each q, but i think we artists and wannabe-artists need that

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1. THE SELF-PORTRAIT
What is your self-image of an Artist? What is your relationship with this identity?

2. THE NOW
Where are you now, while looking at your path with an Artist's eye?

3. THE DRIVING FORCE
What is the driving force; what feeds the internal springs of your creativity?

4. THE MUSE
What external factors or forces inspire you? What gets you going?

5. THE BLOCK
What blocks your creativity?

6. THE BLOCK AT WORK
When you?re blocked, what do you do instead of creating? How do you spend (or squander) your time?

7. THE MONEY
What are your views on the relationship between Creativity and Money?

8. THE PRICE
What you need to give up in order to pursue your Artist's path?

9. NEXT STEP
What you need to do next, to make sure you walk forth down the creative path you?ve chosen?

posted September 20, 2015 08:14 AM            

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Originally posted by Aunt Anomalia:
I see someone inspired you I'm probably too lazy for this spread though, at least today.

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posted September 20, 2015 11:56 AM            

1. THE SELF-PORTRAIT
What is your self-image of an Artist? What is your relationship with this identity?

QUEEN OF SWORDS
so this is a very intelligent, ingenious, intellectual creative lady especially when it comes to writing. your artist card is Writer
3 of pentacles - you are getting along with her, for the second question there is this effort to become this artist, this kind of creator, the effort is successful, but it also takes a lot of time and very hard work and a lot of research and possibly collaboration too. I should say the relationship you have with this archetype is very promising.

2. THE NOW
Where are you now, while looking at your path with an Artist's eye?

9 OF PENTACLES
quite ready to give your best, and show a mature artist, and also success is ahead of you and the ability to reap all the rewards of your path as an artist. hard work will pay off, in the end.

3. THE DRIVING FORCE
What is the driving force; what feeds the internal springs of your creativity?

7 OF WANDS
ambition and the desire to make the best of oneself, this must be MC in Aries

4. THE MUSE
What external factors or forces inspire you? What gets you going?

3 OF SWORDS
I see several meanings here; one is that you possibly are experiencing some disconnection with the muse right now, so a creative block; another meaning, you are inspired by romantic, gloomy, dark stories and dramas you are probably a dramatic or even tragic creator

5. THE BLOCK
What blocks your creativity?

8 OF SWORDS

such a fitting card! the block must be in inspiration here, but also fear of failure; personal insecurities. the block is in the mind rather than some place else. it is also a card of procrastination, letting the water flow under this fixed, blocked position.

6. THE BLOCK AT WORK
When you?re blocked, what do you do instead of creating? How do you spend (or squander) your time?

4 OF SWORDS
I think this is self-explanatory; you either not rest enough or rest too much too many pauses

7. THE MONEY
What are your views on the relationship between Creativity and Money?

7 OF SWORDS
you are interested in what comes from you work and maybe have a secret desire for your art to make you financially successful as well; nothing to be ashamed of, of course

8. THE PRICE
What you need to give up in order to pursue your Artist's path?

FOOL

you just need to jump and free yourself from that blockage; don't create for the results, but for the pleasure of doing it; this will free your creative approach

9. NEXT STEP
What you need to do next, to make sure you walk forth down the creative path you've chosen?

5 OF WANDS
fighting to get the things done, to have a tangible form; you need to be more creative and involve, fight off all distracting influences and get those creative fires burning

10. THE ARTIST CARD
After dealing the nine cards of the Artist?s Path spread but before reading it, place The Artist card as a Significator at the end of the spread (S). This card is You. Accept your creative powers and responsibilities, and your Artist?s Path ahead will be clear.

3 OF CUPS

posted September 20, 2015 12:10 PM            

And again all I hear: just do it!

posted September 20, 2015 12:25 PM            

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Originally posted by Enneline:
WOW, LeeLoo you nailed it

I would have done yours already, but i thought i first ask you if you prefer Tarot or something else and since you do more things: shall i ask in the view of you being a painter? Or simply an artist?

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Tarot yes I am glad you like it, I was surprised myself how fit the cards came!

posted September 20, 2015 12:34 PM            

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I seem to have loved you in numberless forms...

AstroMandala

posted September 20, 2015 12:41 PM            

1. THE SELF-PORTRAIT
What is your self-image of an Artist? What is your relationship with this identity?
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King of swords. Oh Wow, I am the Queen and you are the king. Well, i think you know all meanings better than I but i might add that the king of swords really reminds me of you: highly communicative, very sharp with words, intellect in general and watching people and very tough.
And i think you artwork reflect that. They are powerful with a deep meaning!

2. THE NOW
Where are you now, while looking at your path with an Artist's eye?
-> 7 of wands. Defending your own style, all goes quick, i see it also getting a "name" for your artwork, getting financially independent.

3. THE DRIVING FORCE
What is the driving force; what feeds the internal springs of your creativity?
-> paget of pents. News about concrete projects, also doing something new, if something has a sensible, stable, solid basis, then they would get you

4. THE MUSE
What external factors or forces inspire you? What gets you going?
-> 9 of swords. Wow, you love seeing drama outside. Not only emotional, inhuman drama of course. Maybe a strong astrological constellation, a dramatic scene in nature or even thinking of your own emotional hurts

5. THE BLOCK
What blocks your creativity?
-> 8 of swords. The feeling of being not able to do something about your situation. Feeling like delivered to destiny, being blinde and helpless.

6. THE BLOCK AT WORK
When you?re blocked, what do you do instead of creating? How do you spend (or squander) your time?
-> 3 of swords. Thinking about lost romances. Hurtful emotional experiences. Or you discuss with your friends hurtful matters.

7. THE MONEY
What are your views on the relationship between Creativity and Money?
-> 7 of pentacles. Either you think, if you work you'll get the money. Or you think it requires hard work. But I see the 7 of pents who is busy but somehow relaxed as well.

8. THE PRICE
What you need to give up in order to pursue your Artist's path?
-> temperance. Don't be so easy going about it, or slow. Maybe a bit more passion?

9. NEXT STEP
What you need to do next, to make sure you walk forth down the creative path you?ve chosen?
-> knight of wands. Yeah, go for it! Now and forever and with passion

10. THE ARTIST CARD
After dealing the nine cards of the Artist?s Path spread but before reading it, place The Artist card as a Significator at the end of the spread (S). This card is You. Accept your creative powers and responsibilities, and your Artist?s Path ahead will be clear.

posted September 20, 2015 12:47 PM            

I think 9 of sw shows I get many of my ideas in dreams and visions (inner visions, flashes) that is such a fitting card for that! drama yeah always a source, although I had a phase a long time ago about the dark side of life, now I'm over it for quite some time and it was short anyway hahahahahaha

I think Temperance is the card of Art and artists I love to see it in your spread for me! It means Art in Thoth. It probably shows I've reached a balanced stage in what I do, at least for now.

posted September 20, 2015 12:57 PM            

By not experiencing creative blocks I mean that my problem is the opposite...I have a collection of ideas, some of them dating years, but not enough time to finish all of them.

I suppose those two cards probably show a "no" for blocks.

posted September 20, 2015 01:06 PM            

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Originally posted by Enneline:
yes, i didn't see it as blocks either, just more of a "too involved in emotional things" like listening to the problems of girlfriends or thinking about a lost romance, something like that

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posted September 20, 2015 01:11 PM            

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Originally posted by Enneline:
Hahaha Yeah, that was what i saw.

As a matter of fact i didn't ask for "(creatve) blockades" i asked for "blocks" and that could mean the postman rings too often

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posted September 20, 2015 01:20 PM            

I too have many ideas but then when i start doing it, it sounds impossible. Sometimes i overcome those fears but sometimes I don't

posted September 20, 2015 01:31 PM            

I understand this in the sense that some of my projects, especially with sculpture are physically very hard to accomplish - such as they have an imponderable quality or sometimes you even need materials which aren't invented yet (such as a transparent medium other than glass to take a concrete form) or they are too big and monumental and for this you need to have won a monument competition, it's not up to me to have a monument out there, not entirely, such as this work, which came out pretty big, but I had to do it much smaller (it was meant to be huge, three monoliths - it's the goddess, depicted symbolically as an amazon). I did it and it is part of the collection of big sculptures at my university, it came up as double natural size, 3 times smaller than I wanted it to be, at least lol this is the scale model though, the sculpture is in colors, I'm gonna leave it for a short while though

But what can be impossible in what you do? I mean you can go completely wild!!!!!! what do you think it makes it feel impossible?

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I seem to have loved you in numberless forms...

AstroMandala

posted September 20, 2015 01:42 PM            

what counts is that your sculptures are breathtaking What can i say but WOW?! I am so fuc**ng proud of you!!!