Planning...

Ah, October...

Today begins my favorite month of the year. The leaves are changing, the days are shortening, the moon hangs bright and low in the midnight sky. Everything begins to slow.

With that slowing down comes introspection, a sense of who I am at my core. I've felt like my head is full of clutter this year. Its time to sweep away and box up what does not serve my true self. On my outer landscape, that translates to a need to simplify my belongings. Don't get me wrong, I'm most certainly not a hoarder, but I have found myself being too much of a consumer over the last couple of years.  When I first moved to South Dakota, I allowed myself to think this need to buy was simply nesting. The problem is, I've never stopped. Plain and simple, I've amassed far too much stuff. Clothes I don't wear, kitchen things I don't use, food I don't eat, books and magazines that I don't read, art supplies I don't use. The piles of things have taken over my living space. The outer clutter has shifted into my mind and added to the mental clutter. Its time to break this cycle. To add to the savings account instead of to the object account.

Today's Tarot:

King of Cups

This card conjures up the thought of emotional, instinctual, and spiritual endeavours. My path is winding back towards a more creative world. A year from now I'll be living and breathing the arts at John C. Campbell Folk Art School. That is a defined future. The question is where does the road lead as I travel towards my destination? What deep beauty will manifest this day?