Love this vibe Amy, so happy to hear you are locked in on engaging work. I am excited to see any/all that you are working on and feel ready to share! Raven’s ink included! I look forward to your substack posts all week!
Ravens ink would be perfect marketing to attract me, I have a weakness. This all sounds very inspiring and nothing at all like stasis. I’d love some green/teal/turquoise sparkly dice. I think for cards maybe “take a breath” or “be brave.” I saw a perspective of the day card yesterday that said, “Your future self needs today’s courage.” It resonated with me.
I'm fascinated by your explorations and delighted by the knowledge that you're holding enthusiasm against doubt. Pretty sure that's the one instrument of protection available to anyone who ventures off the well worn path. I love the section about the world's expectations, and agree that we are driven towards understanding. I can't decide whether that is something we've learned, culturally, as in a construct of world. Or if, instead, it is intrinsic to our humanness. Some of each, I suppose, and there's that balance thing again. I'm also thinking about stasis and how I don't think it's possible, what with thermodynamics, chaos, entanglement, and other things I know hardly anything about.
I took an "I voted" selfie yesterday that I didn't love. Speaking of weird, phone cameras are so weird.
Happy birthday, Amy!! May the cards reflect back what you most hope to see.
Thank you for the excellently metered couplet (love that) and your reflections, Elizabeth. Your comment about enthusiasm (or blind self belief) as a requisite instrument of protection is interesting to ponder. I suppose we are driven to do what it takes for communication to be possible, but I think we know that there are always examples that challenge that and still make sense, however imperfectly. Thank goodness for stories and poetry and images and the sounds of words even when grammar goes out the window, right?
I have no doubt the "I voted" selfie was beautiful!
Thank you for reading, Fran. I saw someone a few weeks ago read and dissect the first line of that poem... such a feast of words the whole thing is, indeed. Thank you for bringing it to mind. "I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding"
I think it's super cool that the photo series pulled you in so deeply and really got your curiosity fired up! I just took two pretty unflattering photos, but they reflect my somewhat agitated mood today. I included the window to my right in one of them as a tribute to your kitchen window. 🪟
These chronicles of your explorations are both fascinating and deeply moving. I hope you keep the raven's ink flowing, bringing more of this strange and beautiful journey into the world! ✨
Thank you, Joshua. I always appreciate your comments, and I love that you took photos and used your window! That's awesome. Windows give the world rather than the room ;)
Raven's Ink. If it's not the name of a fountain pen ink, it should be. One of the Jacques Herbin ink names translates to "Moondust." I bought it of course. How could I not?
You know, I don’t think I realized that Herbin ink translated to Moondust! That’s very cool. Smokey purples are always good, too. Monteverde does have a Raven’s Noir, too, in the raven vein. Glad to hear from you!
Lemon curd ... would be lovely with the strawberries that are ripe right now.
Perhaps serendipity for a card or meander or liminal for a card
Teal / turquoise dice
All very good words and concepts, Sara! Enjoy the ripe strawberries!
Love this vibe Amy, so happy to hear you are locked in on engaging work. I am excited to see any/all that you are working on and feel ready to share! Raven’s ink included! I look forward to your substack posts all week!
Thank you so much, Lauren. I really appreciate - and am amazed by - the support!
I'm changing Raven's Ink to Raven's Gift because I'm interested in what you're writing about that!
I love your selfie photos - the way they are all cropped in a line is like they're being reflected so you didn't need a mirror!
Thank you, Melissa. I just snapped a photo of one row in the phone photo gallery. Lol. And thank you for the Raven's Gift mention.
raven's ink + clear dice
Happy you've got a cool project ahead for the year. Your self-photography reminds me of those strips from the photo booth at an arcade; they're great!
Happy birthday 🌈💛🤍🩵🧡🧡🩷❤️🩵🩶💗🩶💚💙
Thank you, Tammy. We always keep a new string of projects lined up, right? That's the way!
Happy Birthday Amy. Sending you lots of love.
Thank you, Debbie. Hoping things are going well.
Raven's ink
To Onwardness for a card
Lavender Mild Tea Dice please.
A lovely forward sentiment. Thank you. And Lavender mild or milk tea is a lovely choice. Thank you for commenting!
Raven’s ink
I think some silver dice might be nice and “wonder” could be excellent on a card… the questioning and the awe side by side.
Wonderful to hear from you, and that's a lovely double-entendre choice. Love that!
Ravens ink would be perfect marketing to attract me, I have a weakness. This all sounds very inspiring and nothing at all like stasis. I’d love some green/teal/turquoise sparkly dice. I think for cards maybe “take a breath” or “be brave.” I saw a perspective of the day card yesterday that said, “Your future self needs today’s courage.” It resonated with me.
Thank you, Laura. Very interesting to see where people fall in color on this! I appreciate your card offerings, too.
I said them both and believe you heard.
"Raven's ink and lemon curd."
I'm fascinated by your explorations and delighted by the knowledge that you're holding enthusiasm against doubt. Pretty sure that's the one instrument of protection available to anyone who ventures off the well worn path. I love the section about the world's expectations, and agree that we are driven towards understanding. I can't decide whether that is something we've learned, culturally, as in a construct of world. Or if, instead, it is intrinsic to our humanness. Some of each, I suppose, and there's that balance thing again. I'm also thinking about stasis and how I don't think it's possible, what with thermodynamics, chaos, entanglement, and other things I know hardly anything about.
I took an "I voted" selfie yesterday that I didn't love. Speaking of weird, phone cameras are so weird.
Happy birthday, Amy!! May the cards reflect back what you most hope to see.
Thank you for the excellently metered couplet (love that) and your reflections, Elizabeth. Your comment about enthusiasm (or blind self belief) as a requisite instrument of protection is interesting to ponder. I suppose we are driven to do what it takes for communication to be possible, but I think we know that there are always examples that challenge that and still make sense, however imperfectly. Thank goodness for stories and poetry and images and the sounds of words even when grammar goes out the window, right?
I have no doubt the "I voted" selfie was beautiful!
Raven‘s Ink? More like oak gall. Embers that fall, gall and gash gold-vermilion. An old poem on an old day.
Thank you for reading, Fran. I saw someone a few weeks ago read and dissect the first line of that poem... such a feast of words the whole thing is, indeed. Thank you for bringing it to mind. "I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding"
That may have been me, actually. The Wind Hover is my favorite poem.
I think it's super cool that the photo series pulled you in so deeply and really got your curiosity fired up! I just took two pretty unflattering photos, but they reflect my somewhat agitated mood today. I included the window to my right in one of them as a tribute to your kitchen window. 🪟
These chronicles of your explorations are both fascinating and deeply moving. I hope you keep the raven's ink flowing, bringing more of this strange and beautiful journey into the world! ✨
Thank you, Joshua. I always appreciate your comments, and I love that you took photos and used your window! That's awesome. Windows give the world rather than the room ;)
Raven's Ink. If it's not the name of a fountain pen ink, it should be. One of the Jacques Herbin ink names translates to "Moondust." I bought it of course. How could I not?
You know, I don’t think I realized that Herbin ink translated to Moondust! That’s very cool. Smokey purples are always good, too. Monteverde does have a Raven’s Noir, too, in the raven vein. Glad to hear from you!