Even though the word makes me feel like a new age freak, I have written before about having a small personal altar, but the previous incarnation used to be a little smattering of objects on my side of the headboard. Now that we have a giant fucking house for 2 people & a dog, I have my own office, which has become my less-little bigger-smattering of objects, full of tiny altars to different things, including this one:
altar? i hardly know'ar!
It looks like I know anything about crystals; I don’t, I mostly just like rocks. I know they have meaning & I’ll sometimes pick up a specific one if I’m looking to stay mindful of that specific thing, but largely to me they are pretty & sparkly & impress upon me that nature is crazy. Actually most of this is nature & how awesome I think it is: turkey feathers & birch shavings & tiny bones & tiny pinecones & butterfly wings. The skull is solid stone, a present from M for some gift-giving opportunity, or just because. I also have a card about Blanca, patron saint of comfy sweaters who personally knitted one of the coziest ones in my closet, & my favorite photo of M & me.
I decided to dive back into a small thing I started doing when I first set this up. I pull a card from three different decks——Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies (digital version), a holographic Rider–Waite tarot set + Jessica Dore’s Tarot for Change, & Dirt Gems——& usually marvel at the way they seem to coincide with each other.
I thought I’d send a little reflection on 2024. I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions—I’m making resolutions all the time, regardless of date—but I do generally like to look back on the past year to note, synthesize, and record some things.
2024 IN SHORT SUM: So bleak *gestures broadly* out there—so cozy in here!
2024 HIGHLIGHTS: Working on and releasing 2 episodes of DIVERGENCY; going to the Midwest Gaming Convention; getting my inverse Mucha-inspired tattoo; running consistently the whole year; Soren visiting.
