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[yarrow dreamer]

Ten - A strange and twisted dance performed now at the wrong time, for the wrong people

Ha! This one grabs me.   

OK, at last a spare moment to post a few. . . from various sources of inspiration (maybe you'll recognize some):

A night-loving fir tree, bedeviled by the everpresent glow of streetlights.

A tired watchman at rest in the Citadel, testing the air for dragon smoke in his sleep.

The newly widowed daughter of an incense-maker, dressed in her nephew's clothes to flee the crushing blow of an edict forbidding her from fragrance.

A raft of ghost food, rocketing through the landscape on eighteen wheels to reach its destination just-in-time. . .

A generous tree, holding a magical plum in her highest branches.

The turncoat's envoy, tensely waiting in the pre-dawn shadows of a tomb, coded message in hand.

An spindly orphan girl with the strength of ten men.

[timeLESS]

An old and wise man, willingly loosing his memories, one by one, until he forgets all. (anyone know from where this one comes?)

[Willem]

The aeon-old soul of a formerly enslaved star, wearing an otherworldy suit of onyx armorl, bent on retribution...

[Wood]

I really like the elements posted on here, and the imaginings they provoke by just reading them.

Some to add to the elemental ways, which I decided to try by using pieces from my dreams as the elements:

- a mountainside covered in a battlefield of fallen giants, who have re-awoken
- a small fluff of a dog and her companion making mischief while fleeing the authorities who follow their trail of pranks
- a city set on fire by a volcanic eruption from a dragon's back
- plotting spirits held captive in a park waiting for the moment to revolt
- a strange tree with a opening that leads into another land
- a woman who awakes animalistic powers within others
- a child underneath a sacred hill, waiting to know birth
- the warlord wishing to kill a trickster of the forest who rivals him
- an abandoned town turned into a refuge for a shapeshifting people
- a black wolf unable to stop himself from attacking others
- a mother grizzly bear in a tree with her two cubs, concerned by the dangers around them
 

[Willem]

Wow. I can hardly believe the coolness of your dream elements. Wow. I officially steal them! Just try and stop me!

[starfish]

A cranky old woman with a heart of gold...

A band of wise, yet humble sorceresses who travel across the land healing it's wounds...

A wise old man with much to contribute, respected by no one...

[sunflowersFTW!]

This is awesome! I've been doing tarot with playing cards off and on for many years (I quit for a spell because I was creeped out by how accurate my readings were...)

I started to do mine, too. Here's some:

SPADES:

2-  No new growth; No extra taken
3- Taking life without regenerating
4- Hibernation
5- Habitat defended but loss experienced
6- Renewal of life!

DIAMONDS:

2-Putting the needs of other life ahead of one’s own
3-Solves pertinent issue with community or threat to land
4-Living peacefully with the Sunflowers and snakes
5-At odds with Sunflowers and snakes
6-Spirits hear cries
7-He who hates the Prairie learns to love it; If a bough won’t bend, it will with loving coaxing

I'll post more later when I have them fine-tuned.

[sunflowersFTW!]

<<Queen of Diamonds: A warrior, wielding coppersword and cougarskin cap, jealous and ready for love>>

I use the Queen of Diamonds as my face card and have for years, but this fits me even more than the traditional meaning I used to use. This is great, Willem, and thank you for this thread!

[Willem]

<<Queen of Diamonds: A warrior, wielding coppersword and cougarskin cap, jealous and ready for love>>

I use the Queen of Diamonds as my face card and have for years, but this fits me even more than the traditional meaning I used to use. This is great, Willem, and thank you for this thread!

Crazy and cool! What an unexpected response. Thanks you!

[starfish]

 Ace of Spades -  A gigantic serpent with glittering scales waits in darkness...

Queen of Hearts - A green haired woman stands in the creek staring at the water....

3 of Clubs - 2 mischevious children paddle away in a canoe...

[yarrow dreamer]

A distant pair of weary travelers covered in bits of moss and debris walking the roadside between forest and industrial zone, who, upon approach, reveal friendly faces.

[yarrow dreamer]

These SIX GREAT STRENGTHS came from a tale I read and stuck with me. some of them give me strength just thinking about them (and one has to do with one of my most powerful dreams ever):

the footsteps of a cat

the beard of a lady

the spittle of a bird

the roots of a mountain

the voice of a fish

the longings of a bear


They give me strength when I get curious about what makes each one powerful, magical.

Also, what if you mix & match? the footsteps of a mountain, the longings of a fish. . .

[Willem]

Amazing!

This makes me want to start a riddle-making thread. 

[yarrow dreamer]

a beaver lodge made of bones, with moist earth tucked lovingly in between.

[Richard]

this is fun. i used google image search as a springboard for the imagination. so many nearly forgotten stories, so many lovely paintings...
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a smoky path horses may traverse, riderless, to the moon

a x-shaped mushroom patch that will chage all vision to black and white except for choice opportunities, which appear bathed in a fiery gold, when trampled

a woman who is stricken voiceless when her husband disturbs a solemn ceremony

a paintbrush that brings images to life when used to paint over eyes

a phantom rat that exists to dash before the vehicles of merchants, blessing those who instinctively attempt to swerve

a warrior standing loyally by their master, sending back all charging enemies although mortally wounded by many arrows

a wandering drunkard who dreams of being reunited with a lost love who in fact never existed

a furious recluse who always receives copious amounts of the things least desired, attention and affection, the fury triggering increasingly reckless behavior, a quality which only adds to his charm in the eyes of the inescapable fawning enthusiasts