I recently did a project trying to express something about my creative life through the mediums I loved best – poetry and photography.   I came up with the idea of doing a deck of cards that could be used as a sort of writing prompt tarot, with two aspects of a creative trait back to back on each “card.”

Try it out – Pick one and give yourself 5 minutes of quick write time on that theme, image, or the impression the card gives you.

Let me know how you used them in the comments section!

Tending the Garden/Mire

Bloom/Scatter

Tradition/The Expected

Delight/Distraction

The Back Way

Stone Staircase

Wonder/Serendipity

Harvest of Detail

Crown of Obsession/Perfection’s Lackey

Comfort/Nest

Quiet Road/Destination Unknown

Dilapidation as Beauty/Dilapidation as Destruction

Doubt’s Twin/World’s Delight

Heedless/Headstrong

She Who Observes/Outsider

Purpose/Unfulfilled

Unusual Outlook

Patience/Luck

Contemplator/Impulsive

Moon Daughter

Shore/Safe

Everpresent Past/Oncoming Future

Notice/Pause