A Scripta

or "I have writer's block!"

Once I remember going to a workshop/seminar on writing and the person there suggested using flash cards with words on them as a spark to writing. I had a better idea: Tarot cards.

Quick and dirty history lesson: Tarot decks were the harbingers of our playing decks. (Spades = Swords; Hearts = Cups; Clubs = Wands; Diamonds = Pentacles/Coins, and the Joker was the number 0 of the deck, the Fool) Where they came from is debated, how they changed from fortune telling to poker is another story too. They lost the Major Arcana, the number 0 - 21 cards. The ones you hear about "The Devil" and "The Lovers" are the Major Arcana.

Tarot decks originally had the number of the item printed on it and that's it. Eight of rods had eight sticks. It's believed that the Rider-Waite pack, under the direction of the Golden Dawn, is the first deck to use pictures in the minor arcana (the numbered and suited cards). These pictures, along with their interpretation, can usually spark a seed into at least sticking its head out of the sand.

When I'm stuck, I turn to the cards. People have different ways of preparing the cards for receiving. I'll tell you what I do later.

Shoot, falling asleep...