Artwork Description
Swoon – Oracle Deck: Shovel-Boundary
Dimensions: 17 x 11″
Year: 2024
Medium: archival digital print on Moab Entrada 300 gsm
Edition: ed. 1/20
They say any tool can be a weap- on if you hold it right.
This card represents your fierce momma bear protective instincts. That place where you gotta lay down a hard no. On what fronts do you need preserve your energy, or fight against danger? How do you look out for yourself and the people you love?
In a moment of unusually fierce lucidity, Katarina used an old garden shovel to ward off the Ogre Minkie who’d become an onerous threat to her children. It was a powerful protective instinct no one even knew she had in her till the time came, then there it was, faster than a rattle snake.
The Wee Witch Katarina’s shovel represents wielding tools in unorthodox ways. It’s the fight instinct, when it’s used right. A line drawn in the sand. It speaks of waking up to realize that your world needs protecting and you’re the one who’s gonna have to muster the courage to make sure those villains and fortified and secure.
So what can you use to protect yourself and the people who matter most to you? Anything at hand apparently, as long as you have the wit to see it, and the tenacity to use it.
–Swoon