The truth is I've actually made a bunch of stuff at work in the past month, and by the end of the week I'll get you pictures. But this is what I did today... well, mostly today: I altered the altar.
Can you spot the differences?
A: Of course you can't, that would be insane. So here they are:
1. Subtract the white glove from the tiny chest (I think that's the only subtraction)
2. Add the Chinese Lantern necklace, (gift from grandfather to grandmother from WWII when he was stationed in Japan)
3. Add the new oracle cards. I'm trying to learn about this stuff (I guess that's the point of the altar too) because I think it's interesting and I like the objects ascetically and the ritual aspect kind of appeals to me, but of course those are the wrong motivations. Look at the cards. I was supposed to get a simple, positive, easy to read deck.
4. Add tiny altar. After reading about all the cleansing and beam-of-light imagining I was supposed to do in connection with the oracle cards I had a little freak out about my nialism and the life of detachment and misery ahead of me. I dealt with that by making this tiny altar on my altar.
4. Add tiny altar continued. You might remember from the previous post that my strategy for altar construction is visual and intuitive (I just find stuff I like and move it around until it stops making me uncomfortable). That's what I did with this one. Elements are listed from the bottom up.
a. Ceramic tile I made in college. Abstract flower painted in colored slip with a sumi brush onto unfired stoneware slab, matte glaze.
b. scrap torn from problem scene of play in progress.
c. coins moved from the other side of the altar.
d. candle stub.
e. scene from Waiting for Godot drawn with thin tipped Sharpie on card stock given to me by Gina's dad.
I also made some banana bread.
