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Well we can say that I've had a bit of a rough time lately. I am thinking about my precious time on Earth, and that life can end at any moment. When I die, the world will still be here, and I hope that my impression upon the lives of others will be valued as a positive influence. This is my only hope, that I can serve humanity, and all life on Earth, in whatever tiny way I can. I want to offer you something inspiring, something beautiful, something to enrich your life. My best ideas so far have been to paint you some pretty pictures and to make some videos that you might enjoy watching. This is my humble offering to you. I just want to be of some service to the world, even if it's just to find you a dress to wear to your Christmas party, at the clothes shop where I work. All my life I have been thinking "what will be left when I'm gone?" What can I leave behind that will be of any value to you? I could be dead tomorrow, and so could you! So let's ma...

The World - Twenty One

Tarot of Marseilles This card shows a central figure that we might describe as Mother Nature, surrounded by symbols for the Cardinal Directions. These four quarters also represent the four suits of the Minor Arcana which are to follow. The World card is a reflection upon the third card, The Empress. This is the final card in the Major Arcana, and therefore represents the "big picture" of the cosmos as a unified being. "The number 21 is the number of destruction or rather of universal termination, because, as 2 is separated from 1, it is necessary that it has a means of to unite there if it wants it. This number shows at the same time the command of the production of things and their end, as well in the spiritual one as in the corporal one." Claude of Saint-Martin The destruction here is of illusion, of egocentricism. When the illusion is shattered, we wake up to the stunning reality of the universe.  "21, the highest possible number of 3 in the cor...