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Tuesday, June 02, 2026

Artificial Intelligence Issues

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Text Art: Drunk Driving

Drunk Driving

By Michael P. Garofalo

Text Art and Concrete Poetry

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Text Art: Exhibit 4

Islamic Calligraphy by Mohamed Zakariya

Hypergraphie Infinitesmil by Broutin

Osgard by Margaret Penny

Lettrisme by Lorsakoff

Genius Out of Time by Ibn Muqlah

Concrete Poetry and Text Art Directory and Guide

Exhibits at the Onion Garden

TeXTArt

Graphic Arts: Shape Poems, Concrete Poetry, Lettrisme

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Art, Symbolism, and Creative Interpretations: The Tarot

Today, I am enjoying using a new copy of the:
Voyager Tarot, Intuition Cards for the 21st Century.
By James Wanless, Ph.D.. Artist Ken Knutson.
78 full color collage art Tarot cards. 117 page mini booklet.
Fair Winds: ISBN 978-1-59233-322-6, 2017. First edition 1984.

Has anyone seen a chart or list correlating the 78 cards in the Voyager Tarot (or other Tarot decks) with the 64 Hexagrams of the I Ching???

For examples:

I Ching Number = Tarot Card Name

#1 Creative, Initiating = Magician, 1

#4, Childhood, Youthful Folly, Impermanence = Fool, 0

#52 Mountain = Hermit, 9

During a morning Voyager Tarot card reading, I usually select one card as the most significant for the day. I would like to write on each Tarot card the corresponding, related, correlated, comparable, similar themed, or relevant I Ching Hexagram Number.

Also, this is a different way for selecting an I Ching Hexagram other than yarrow sticks or coin tossing.

A Repost from 2018:

I first purchased and used Tarot decks in 1979. I studied numerous books on the subject of the Tarot. I purchased numerous decks over the decades. First, I enjoyed the variety of artwork and symbolism in the 78 cards in the different decks from different centuries. Second, the creator of each deck brings some new insights into the overall structure and meanings for the cards in the deck. Third, I enjoyed "reading" and creatively interpreting the symbols and images in these small art objects in the context of my own life and questions.

I even made, in 2011, some very incomplete notes in hypertext documents on the Tarot.

My method over the years is to ask a question or reflect on my current consciousness and situation in my life. Then, I randomly pull from 3 to 5 cards from the deck. I try to interpret, reflect upon, and consider the meaning of each card. I may use The Voyager Tarot book to refresh or expand my understanding or memories. Then, I arrange the cards in some order to "tell a story." I do this once a day, at night; then, in the morning, reconsider the meanings and relevance of that 3-5 card reading in my life. I only look at cards right side up; although, I do sometimes reverse the meaning of the cards depending upon the story I create.

I enjoy using the 1991 Voyager Tarot deck the most.

This photomontage deck was designed by James Wanless, Ph.D. The photographic collage artwork was created by Ken Knutson. It was first published in 1984, and then in 1991 and 2008.

The Voyager Tarot: Way of the Great Oracle Book. By James Wanless, 1989. Book and Deck.

The Fool, 0

The Wheel of Fortune, 10

Sunday, November 16, 2025

Documentaries on Television

Repost from 2016:

This past week I was resting and trying to recover from symptoms of a cold. I watched television, read, and played with CorelDRAW. I enjoyed watching documentaries.

The "Magical Andes" was a spectacular tour of the Andes Mountains and the people who live there in South America. This massive mountain range from Argentina to Columbia is 8,000 KM or 4,970 miles. I have lived my whole life close to mountains. I have toured, hiked, and camped in the San Gabriel mountains and San Bernardino mountains near Los Angeles, the Sierra and Cascade mountains in Northern California, and the Cascades in Washington and Oregon. Views of mountains, up close and from afar, have been a dramatic experience in my life. I don't think I will ever visit the Andes, but the Cascades (Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainer) will provide my fair share of mountain living. This fine documentary film will take you directly into the Andes.

The business side of professional soccer and its impact on a working class community is shown in the documentary "Sunderland." This team was loosing in 2017-2018, and dealing with failure is the challenging topic.

I enjoyed the doucmentary on "Design" featuring top design artists from around the world.

All of these fine documentaries are on Netflix, and probably on other television streaming applications a well.

Andes Mountains

The photograph above is of Mount Shasta, California. It was taken by Evi Shoemaker of Rancho Tehama, California. Mount Shasta is a 14,179 foot (4,322 m) stratovolcano. It is the second highest peak in the Casade Range, and the fifth highest peak in California. It is a member of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It is located in Siskiyou County, California, in the United States of America. It is considered to be one of the Sacred Mountains on Mother Earth.

When I was 65 years of age I once climbed to about 10,000 feet on this volcano. Most of the time we visited the sourrounding forests below 8,000 feet.

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Preparing for Halloween

Here is how our front porch looked when decorated for Halloween Day.
We decorated our home in Red Bluff, California, from 1998-2017.
Notice the five spherical white spectral (ghostly) visitors coming to "trick or treat" at our front door.

"To all the ancient ones from their houses, the Old Ones from above and below. In this time the Gods of the Earth touch our feet, bare upon the ground. Spirits of the Air whisper in our hair and chill our bodies, and from the dark portions watch and wait the Faery Folk that they may join the circle and leave their track upon the ground. It is the time of the waning year. Winter is upon us. The corn is golden in the winnow heaps. Rains will soon wash sleep into the life-bringing Earth. We are not without fear, we are not without sorrow...Before us are all the signs of Death: the ear of corn is no more green and life is not in it. The Earth is cold and no more will grasses spring jubilant. The Sun but glances upon his sister, the earth..... It is so....Even now....But here also are the signs of life, the eternal promise given to our people. In the death of the corn there is the seed--which is both food for the season of Death and the Beacon which will signal green-growing time and life returning. In the cold of the Earth there is but sleep wherein She will awaken refreshed and renewed, her journey into the Dark Lands ended. And where the Sun journeys he gains new vigor and potency; that in the spring, his blessings shall come ever young!"
-  Two Samhain Rituals, Compost Coveners, 1980

"Tonight as the barrier between the two realms grows thin,
Spirits walk amongst us, once again.
They be family friends and foes,
Pets and wildlife, fishes and crows.
But be we still mindful of the Wee Folke at play,
Elves, fey, brownies, and sidhe.
Some to trick, some to treat,
Some to purposely misguide our feet.
Stay we on the paths we know
As planting sacred apples we go.

This Feast I shall leave on my doorstep all night.
In my window one candle shall burn bright,
To help my loved ones find their way
As they travel this eve, and this night, until day.
Bless my offering, both Lady and Lord
Of breads and fruits, greens and gourd."
- Akasha, Samhain Ritual

The entrance to our front driveway in Red Bluff featured a seasonal display that Karen prepared from 1998-2017.
Karen is petting our cat, King Tut, in the early morning hours.

We now (2020) live in Vancouver, Washington.