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Imagine a flower bud that opens to reveal a blossom that shines as brilliantly as the sacred light that touched it. Light doesn’t judge or discriminate: it flows freely and equally to all who stand in it. The metaphor for this card is that sacred light is the catalyst—or key—that opens your treasure chest.
Meditation: This card asks that you sit quietly, eyes closed, and allow the feeling of light to pour down upon you. Let it fill every cell until you become light. Now, imagine a treasure chest of your own design and fill it with light that emanates from you. Observe what is in there. What do you discover? That’s the message for you.
Alternatively, this card can also signify a situation about you that has been limiting or filtering the light that reaches you. Quite possibly, you have placed those filters there as self-protection. This inhibits your growth and creates a metaphorical shell in which you choose to dwell. It’s also called a box or comfort zone, and you ma...

Welcome to my art studio, and thank you for visiting. I'm a lifelong artist and an ordinary human who has weathered life's extremes. I've walked through love and divorce, stability and joblessness, home and homelessness, health and cancer, and, most devastatingly, the loss of my daughter. That heartbreak shattered me, leaving me feeling utterly lost and broken. My art, once a refuge, fell silent. In a self-imposed exile, I began scribbling my darkest thoughts on brown paper. Slowly, my creativity stirred, and within a year, I found solace in drawing mythic faces on smooth gray beach stones. These "stone people" became my quiet companions, asking nothing of me in return. They marked the beginning of my healing journey. Through reconnecting...