Original publication date 11/21/2015. It’s quite brilliant and I don’t remember writing it at all, but it escaped my 2020 purge and someone looked it up today and I reread it and said yes. The streaking of the red dogs. The wild dogs, the feral dogs. The chanting of the mice. The lift into the […]
Dissolving Thoughts
First draft posted 6/19/2017 Technically speaking, the scatter of papers represents entropy, while the persistence of furniture represents illusions of permanence. There is no persistence of the construct of self, at best, a standing wave, yet we all act ‘as if’ it were so, and in time the elements wear on it. Meanwhile, in their […]
Timewise
1st draft written and published January 30, 2017. Expected to rewrite it a lot but didn’t change much. The last two lines are new. For Nextdoor syndication where it doesnt add the headline or featured image, this is a poem called ‘Timewise’. Click the link thou lazy critics. Those memories countless of innumerable days—idle-Lost in […]
New Text Block for The Key of Sparrows Fortune Telling System Postcards
Card text block that I glue and paste on: A MODERN NON-TAROT ORACLE / CREATIVITY / PROBLEM SOLVING TOOL. STAY TUNED FOR A FUTURE CARD DECK. A 12X18″ LAMINATED PRINT IS AVAILABLE NOW WITH A MORE POLISHED VERSION IN PROGRESS. ART PRINTS ARE ALSO PLANNED. The system was designed such that you can use three […]
Some AI Candidate Images for a Postcard Design for ShoestringOperations.com websites ad
Back will have a gluesticked text block and handwritten notes. This is a first attempt and may change. They’ll have to be cropped to fit a 4×6″ print. Vote for your favorite! I’m leaning towards the first one with what looks like an EU flag in the back or maybe the second. https://shoestringoperations.com is unfinished […]
3 More Sample Readings Using The Key of Sparrows
Full key: https://tkos.dev The symbols were selected using random.org which uses ‘atmospheric noise’ (I think electromagnetic noise) to generate true random numbers. The system was designed such that you can use three coin flips to generate a binary number to select the column and roll a dice for the row.
Save the Oxygen Postcards
In addition to The Key of Sparrows, I was also planning to get these printed before trying to do something about the 2024 election took priority. So now I have finally gotten these printed too. I think this is a pretty potent and concentrated message. Text:
Some sample The Key of Sparrows readings from postcards
One of 6 readings: Might suggest (if accurate) the recipient getting a housemate or moving in with a partner: “Ordering thoughts. Rethinking, reorganizing your mind. The order in which things are done is important here. The meeting of two minds. Two people. Two mindsets. Coming together as a household. Don’t we all contain multitudes?”
Knots & Spiderwebs
We are here to tangle, to knot, to spiderweb, and to all run together.
The Key of Sparrows Product Launch
Got my first The Key of Sparrows product online, available for purchase. 12×18″ laminated print with brief instructions on the back.
A modern non-tarot oracle, with symbol choices oriented towards science, psychology, mindfulness, modernity, and realism.
Lost in Mist 