Artwork Description
Swoon – Oracle Deck: Bathtub Goo-Obstacles
Dimensions: 17 x 11″
Year: 2024
Medium: archival digital print on Moab Entrada 300 gsm
Edition: ed. 1/20
This card represents challenges that must be faced if they’re to be over-
come. Might even be a harbinger signaling that a slow-burning crisis
which you’ve been ignoring is in danger of overflowing the pipes and bursting up through the house.
Now, a Toad Well is a nefarious thing, and the Grey House had a Toad Well right in the back yard. This was bad enough, till it got worse. It got worse starting with the day that the dang thing somehow busted right up through the plumbing, invading the tub with its toxic sludge, and threatening to take over the whole house. It would’ve too, if Caelum hadn’t jumped in to beat it back with a trusty plunger, attacking with gusto until that ol’ menace reversed its course.
The question this card poses to you is, what forces lurking just under the surface might be dangerously close to emerging as great big obstacles? Is there something you fear but would rather not face? It might be something that’s out of your control and not even a problem you had any hand in creating, but still, it might end up being a problem that you’re gonna need to solve.
The silver lining to this whole rigamarole is the enduring pride you’ll feel once you’ve roundly tackled your challenge. Maybe it didn’t start with you, but sure as heck it’s gonna end with you.
–Swoon