Homework!!

So I went to my first THINCubator session this evening. 

I wasn't sure what it was going to be like. I'm excited but still a little overwhelmed. I have homework!! I'm supposed to answer questions about *checks notes* 

• What is the hard thing that I need to do?
• What can I accomplish in 8 weeks? 

We have been assigned buddies. So there are three of us in my group. Dawn and another woman whose name I forget and I feel crappy about that. *Flutters thinking fingers* Gah! I can't remember her name! It'll come to me at 2am and I will wake up and shout it to the cats.

There was a big info dump tonight and I am glad there will be recap emails and a Slack group because it's all fighting for space in my head at once. I remember Ryan saying something about what song would my art be. I drew a solid blank on that, meanwhile, the lady sitting beside me had a whole ass song READY TO GO on her phone. 

It came to me before I started typing this, that the Talking Heads is my art correspondence but I don't know what song. Now, if you want to know what's on my studio playlist, that's a different story. It's all rock and roll from the 70s, 80s, and early 90s: Eric Clapton, Guns N Roses, Twisted Sister, and Gin Blossoms. No Talking Heads. 

We also have to find our artistic niche. Well....my artistic niche is sarcastic Gen X surrealism. Is that a niche? I don't know. I like to make fun of things, and I like to do it by putting fishbowls on people's heads. 

This week I need to answer the question: What is the hard thing that you need to do? And I have to think about what I can accomplish in 8 weeks. 

I don't know what the hard thing I have to do is. There are a lot of them! 

So let's ask the cards:

What is the hard thing that I have to do, for my THINCubator homework this week? 

Well, if it isn't my nemesis, the 8 of Swords and her sidekick, the 9 of Wands. As my one card to tell me what my hard thing to do this week is, the 8 of Swords is all about putting the mental bondage down and walking away from it. 8s are reevaluations and in this card, the 8 vibrational pattern is reevaluating ideas and mindsets. Crowley sees this card as relating to Jupiter in Gemini, a placement that will absolutely destroy dogma or anything that gets in the way of its big ideas. This energy favors collaboration, new ways of doing things and expanding the mind. 

The 8 of Swords is also the 62nd card of the Tarot and as such, contains within it the energy of Venus and the Moon. Numerologically, it is about learning to feel more at ease around people and new situations. Although many Tarot readers do not see this as a positive card, one of the better aspects of it is that there has never been a better time to make new friends. 

So these are the challenges of the 8 of Swords. Play nice with the other kids and let go of entrenched ideas about how something should be or should unfold. 

Now I didn't have to look at the bottom of the deck, but I always do. The 9 of Wands corresponds to the Sun in Sagittarius. In this card, eight of the wands are crisscrossed in a protective lattice while the ninth wand leads the charge. As the undercurrent, this card suggests being optimistic, adventurous, and open-minded. Now the RWS clones generally show the man in this card behind eight of the wands, while he holds the ninth wand defensively. Here, the ninth Wand is in front of the other eight, indicating that all is well. The fort is secure and it's ok to move forward, away from the safe zone, to explore. 

Jesus took the wheel!

I have blogged about this before, but every time - EVERY DAMNED TIME - I am feeling out of sorts, nerved up, or experiencing a scorching case of imposter syndrome, Jesus the Uber driver with his 2424 license plate shows up to take me home. I won't dive too deeply into that because I've covered it before, but he is a good sign for me. 

Anyway, I'm writing this late and it is high time to go to bed. Remember! As you move forward in life, let shit unfold and be excellent to each other!