Patrick, this was so informative and helpful. I knew you know something about Tarot, but you certainly are very intuitive at reading the cards, and because you have painted these images, it has even more meaning. Love my Patrick Mcgrath Muniz tarot deck!
Thank you for your kind words, Kay! Its always a pleasure to hear from you and I really appreciate you watching my videos and hearing your positive feedback! Very best wishes to you in this new year!
An interesting lay with the cards, and as always - oracle is not a shopping list, but rather a map that nearly always gives routes of travel without an order to obey. As for your view - well, we shall now see. I have my thoughts on the matter, but it is not needed that I trumpet them on the rooftop. We shall see. But as is my norm, the Alien and Sedition acts brought only minute benefit to cousin-in-law President John Adams, and we shall now see what bringing them action again shall bring this President. :) However, we all live in that balancing art of the communal and the individual. That is an ballet - as it were. My own sense, since about the middle of last year, remains to - survive and thrive as best it may mean. (And I did 'feel' the new President would win. It is the nature of what the nation is at this time. And we shall receive the due of that one.) Some - perhaps more than others. Good reading, and neither too vague nor extreme. You would have no future taking in the gas at Dephi! On a mundane matter - do you have an wish as to where your tarot cards are purchased. Either one is well by me, but maybe one gives more benefit? Let me know.
David, as always, your comments are a pleasure to read-both thoughtful and full of historical depth. I couldn’t agree more with your description of the Tarot as a map rather than a list of orders to obey. It’s a tool to navigate, not dictate, and I think you captured that perfectly. On politics, well, let’s just say I’m more skeptical than hopeful right now. Watching the tech millionaires sitting front and center at the inauguration really brought the whole "who’s really in charge" dynamic into sharp focus. It’s hard not to feel like we’re all part of some elaborate puppet show, with the strings being pulled right in front of us. Whether it was this administration or the other, those seats were reserved. It’s a reminder of the corporate duopoly we’re stuck in, and I’m not holding my breath for real change anytime soon. Apathy might be creeping in, but I try to keep a neutral tone and let the cards (and history) do the talking. As for the Alien and Sedition Acts, I’d love to hear more of your thoughts on that connection. Your insights into historical parallels always add so much to the discussion, and I’d be interested to hear how you see it playing out in the current political climate. Now, about the Tarot deck-thank you for asking. It doesn’t matter where you buy it; I receive a small percentage of royalties directly from U.S. Games. However, I’d be more than happy to send you a signed copy myself. Just email me at retabloarts@gmail.com with an address, and I’ll make sure it gets to you. Totally up to you if you want to keep things private via email. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts, and for always engaging with the content. Looking forward to seeing where this strange map we’re on takes us next.
@@patrickmcgrathmunizart By now, we both known we see much alike - and still enough to be different too. Complete agreement on the setting for today's event. I didn't watch the whole of the 'service', but I did listen to the speech - and yes, this will be good for the top. And I can't see much good for the rest. Maybe, like magic, the benefit will finally roll down to the rest of us. In meantime, watch your pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves. Probably enough said here, and tariffs were only good for building up industry on the home front. The rest of time, when employed, they cause trade wars. The US did them in the late 1920's, and pushed Germany back into depression. And the rest we know on that one. (There is too much bouncing around these days in the West that is (and I will be completely honest) - racist. An ugly heritage of our modern world growing out over these past several centuries. And yes - I know the details enough of the Age of Discovery. You explore that too in your work. To be the point, the acts were used for political purposes by Adams and his party against their opposition. That would be cousin Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was quite the fan of France and its ongoing Revolution. Personally, I have always felt Jefferson was a bit of fool with this one, but there it is. The thing is it has seemed that the acts were far too useful on the home front - especially with newspapers (and American was a highly literate nation then). I would be to review the period again for greater comment, but this much - their were over by 1800. In part, because Jefferson ended up winning the election. And it was somewhat like the situation in the 2000 election between Gore and Bush. Surely, history never repeats - but it clearly rhymes. Despite an image on the surface - the United States has always been a nation with people with two very different notions of that nation. Since 1776 - this country just keeps on turning around this - problem. Wonderful - on the deck. I will email you may contract info before the day is done. Do let me know the cost, and that will be foreright back by smail. Thanks! I am not done with my review. The eye benefits with rest and the visual. We share much in common. Your student work was fun to see. You had good teachers! Is there an influence of Gauguin at play for a bit? To close - say yes - on the puppet game at foot for us. A uneducated mind (and heart) is a danger for the individual, and the society within the individual lives. We are being played. This is a too long note in this, but something I will speak of what comes to from this heritage of mine, and a theory of business. It is good to make money, but there other just as important (and frequently more important) considerations to hold up.
Patrick, this was so informative and helpful. I knew you know something about Tarot, but you certainly are very intuitive at reading the cards, and because you have painted these images, it has even more meaning. Love my Patrick Mcgrath Muniz tarot deck!
Thank you for your kind words, Kay! Its always a pleasure to hear from you and I really appreciate you watching my videos and hearing your positive feedback! Very best wishes to you in this new year!
An interesting lay with the cards, and as always - oracle is not a shopping list, but rather a map that nearly always gives routes of travel without an order to obey. As for your view - well, we shall now see. I have my thoughts on the matter, but it is not needed that I trumpet them on the rooftop. We shall see. But as is my norm, the Alien and Sedition acts brought only minute benefit to cousin-in-law President John Adams, and we shall now see what bringing them action again shall bring this President. :) However, we all live in that balancing art of the communal and the individual. That is an ballet - as it were. My own sense, since about the middle of last year, remains to - survive and thrive as best it may mean. (And I did 'feel' the new President would win. It is the nature of what the nation is at this time. And we shall receive the due of that one.) Some - perhaps more than others.
Good reading, and neither too vague nor extreme. You would have no future taking in the gas at Dephi!
On a mundane matter - do you have an wish as to where your tarot cards are purchased. Either one is well by me, but maybe one gives more benefit? Let me know.
David, as always, your comments are a pleasure to read-both thoughtful and full of historical depth. I couldn’t agree more with your description of the Tarot as a map rather than a list of orders to obey. It’s a tool to navigate, not dictate, and I think you captured that perfectly.
On politics, well, let’s just say I’m more skeptical than hopeful right now. Watching the tech millionaires sitting front and center at the inauguration really brought the whole "who’s really in charge" dynamic into sharp focus. It’s hard not to feel like we’re all part of some elaborate puppet show, with the strings being pulled right in front of us. Whether it was this administration or the other, those seats were reserved. It’s a reminder of the corporate duopoly we’re stuck in, and I’m not holding my breath for real change anytime soon. Apathy might be creeping in, but I try to keep a neutral tone and let the cards (and history) do the talking.
As for the Alien and Sedition Acts, I’d love to hear more of your thoughts on that connection. Your insights into historical parallels always add so much to the discussion, and I’d be interested to hear how you see it playing out in the current political climate.
Now, about the Tarot deck-thank you for asking. It doesn’t matter where you buy it; I receive a small percentage of royalties directly from U.S. Games. However, I’d be more than happy to send you a signed copy myself. Just email me at retabloarts@gmail.com with an address, and I’ll make sure it gets to you. Totally up to you if you want to keep things private via email.
Thanks again for sharing your thoughts, and for always engaging with the content. Looking forward to seeing where this strange map we’re on takes us next.
@@patrickmcgrathmunizart By now, we both known we see much alike - and still enough to be different too. Complete agreement on the setting for today's event. I didn't watch the whole of the 'service', but I did listen to the speech - and yes, this will be good for the top. And I can't see much good for the rest. Maybe, like magic, the benefit will finally roll down to the rest of us. In meantime, watch your pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves. Probably enough said here, and tariffs were only good for building up industry on the home front. The rest of time, when employed, they cause trade wars. The US did them in the late 1920's, and pushed Germany back into depression. And the rest we know on that one. (There is too much bouncing around these days in the West that is (and I will be completely honest) - racist. An ugly heritage of our modern world growing out over these past several centuries. And yes - I know the details enough of the Age of Discovery. You explore that too in your work.
To be the point, the acts were used for political purposes by Adams and his party against their opposition. That would be cousin Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was quite the fan of France and its ongoing Revolution. Personally, I have always felt Jefferson was a bit of fool with this one, but there it is. The thing is it has seemed that the acts were far too useful on the home front - especially with newspapers (and American was a highly literate nation then). I would be to review the period again for greater comment, but this much - their were over by 1800. In part, because Jefferson ended up winning the election. And it was somewhat like the situation in the 2000 election between Gore and Bush. Surely, history never repeats - but it clearly rhymes. Despite an image on the surface - the United States has always been a nation with people with two very different notions of that nation. Since 1776 - this country just keeps on turning around this - problem.
Wonderful - on the deck. I will email you may contract info before the day is done. Do let me know the cost, and that will be foreright back by smail. Thanks!
I am not done with my review. The eye benefits with rest and the visual. We share much in common. Your student work was fun to see. You had good teachers! Is there an influence of Gauguin at play for a bit?
To close - say yes - on the puppet game at foot for us. A uneducated mind (and heart) is a danger for the individual, and the society within the individual lives. We are being played. This is a too long note in this, but something I will speak of what comes to from this heritage of mine, and a theory of business. It is good to make money, but there other just as important (and frequently more important) considerations to hold up.