My collage series/pseudo Tarot deck is finished!!! The last card was The Hanged Man. He turned into a woman in my collage -- actually, a female mummy. According to the book of Egyptian artifacts that I stole her from, she had probably been a court dancer so I called her "Dancer." This verse from TS Eliot's Burnt Norton best expresses the card's meaning:
At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,
But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,
Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,
Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,
There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
In the Tarot, the Hanged Man symbolizes transition.This can be an uncomfortable time. Hanging in the void. Facing the emptiness. Waiting for the future to take shape -- quite appropriate as I don't know what will come next, collage-wise. I'm happy that I finished the series, but I'm also experiencing a feeling of loss. I did so enjoy making those little cards!
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