new year's eve tarot

a little tarot spread for the last day of 2015, looking forward to what 2016 has to bring... using the star spread from Rachel Pollack's New Tarot Handbook.

A: Hope
8 of wands
entering 2016 there's positive movement in your life. things are moving. this won't be another year of stagnation...

B: Guidance
9 of pentacles
follow your inner guide to satisfaction & fulfillment this year. but also remember to stay present & grateful for where you are, how far you've come, & what you've achieved.

C: Peace
the hanged man inverted
peace comes from moving on. this year you're ready to untie yourself from a binding situation that no longer serves you & let go.

D: Healing
10 of cups
I think of the 10 of cups as the happiest card in the entire deck. your healing comes through happiness & fulfillment but it is also its cause. healing creates happiness & happiness creates healing. cultivate both in 2016. 

happy new year everyone. may 2016 continue to be weird & wonderful for you & bring many moments of learning, laughing, & a lot of burritos.

-N

letter, early 2000's (?)

looking through old art projects & journals

surfing the #artjournal tag on instagram

ingesting

inspiration

to keep moving

 

current events

-reading books
-boxing
-dealing tarot
-learning lenormand
-running
-hiking
-cat quality time
-expanding
-journaling
-procrastinating

reading poems

Reading at Poetic Reseach Bureau! from Natalie Raymond on Vimeo.

Reading two poems at the Poetic Research Bureau in downtown LA, 11 December 2015.

 

I'm reading this friday, 11 december, at poetic research bureau in LA.

A group of very cool poets/writers/humans from CalArts & UCSD will be reading brief interludes, free & open to the public. More info on the facebook event page. 

-N

“starting over--the idea--is a lot like the idea of mental health.
(“when you woke up, was it there?”)”
        -Kate Greenstreet