Artwork Description
Swoon – Oracle Deck: Ambulance-Outside Help
Dimensions: 17 x 11″
Year: 2024
Medium: archival digital print on Moab Entrada 300 gsm
Edition: ed. 1/20
A lot of us were raised to handleproblems our-
selves. For Caelum and Terra, one of the primary dictates of the family dysfunction was to never call for help, never let the outside world in, never let anyone know what kind of trouble might be brewing behind the Grey House doors.
Out in their own world at the end of the dirt road, there was a lawless freedom that the Sibylant Sisters learned to love. And yet, there are times when an already tenuous safety comes crashing down and there’s nothing left to do but call on outside help.
The ambulance card represents the last resort. A Hail Mary. Extreme measures taken in times of necessity. Less severely, it’s a nod to that difficult moment when we throw up our hands and admit that the problem before us is well beyond what we can cope with alone. It points us toward the systems we’ve collectively created to help each other in case of emergency, and the practices of physical and mental health we might draw upon when we’re carrying a burden which outweighs our capacity to hold it.
Are there measures of last resort you wish you didn’t have to take, but still you’re grateful they exist? What kinda support might you draw upon now if you were to realize some of your challenges are too big to tackle all alone? How would it feel to
call on a little help sometimes?
–Swoon