Trapped by Procrastination
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I made this card a couple of nights ago. I intended to describe procrastination - something I am wrestling with just now. I found it easy to do the "I am the one who.." exercise but I found it challenging to consider what procrastination could give me, or what it wants from me. Doing those exercises has made me look at my procrastinating self from a different angle - perhaps there is a purpose for procrastination...
Procrastinating Self SoulCollage Card
Who are you?
I am the one who is caught in my own trap.
I am the one who is stuck
I am the one whose hands are tied
I am the one who is blocked
I am the one who is motionless
I am the one who is glum
What do you have to give me?
I give you the pause before action. I give you frustration which burns. I give you time to let the ideas compost. I give you time to plan. I give you a low so that you can appreciate the highs.
What do you want from me?
I want you to feel stasis. I want you to sit. I want you to think.
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Posted on January 13, 2007 in Collage, Committee, Creativity, SoulCollage.
Just stopped by to see your cards. I am using the SoulCollage process with my blog The New Moon Journal http://www.newmoonjournal.blogs.com work. Your procrastination card and ice queen speak to the Capricorn energies I am writing about. I will be sending my readers here to look and read your blog.
This card is so beautiful, as well as very verbal… procratination always has a lot to say! I don’t know if this is true for you or not, but when I find myself procrastinating (at work anyway), it’s because that part of me is thinking that it can protect me from failure, from putting myself out there and being rejected. Just a thought. See if it resonates with you. Peace, joy, Anne Marie- http://www.KaleidoSoul.com
Anne Marie’s comment covers my discovery about my procrastinator also. It struck me that the stuckness was about protecting me from failure – or even at times the responsibility of success! I love your cards. The images here are so powerful.
Extraordinary image of trappedness you have created here!
I’m glad your Procrastinator is also a composter – it can be frustrating to compost ideas but also very valuable.
I had an experience in a group I was in one year where we all drew a card from a particular tarot deck – the one I got was about stasis – the others were worried that I’d feel bad about this but I didn’t – the image was of a bear hibernating in its cave over winter – I love that!