Artwork Description
Swoon – Oracle Deck: Mane-Defiance
Dimensions: 17 x 11″
Year: 2024
Medium: archival digital print on Moab Entrada 300 gsm
Edition: ed. 1/20
Resistance is a form of magic. When the world is topsy-turvy, when people are unkind and things are not as they should be, defiance can be the best medicine.
Hutch found there were times when they needed to stand up to their father, to not be intimidated by his outsized anger, and they found that nothing helped face him like being on the back of Chestnut, their trusty steed.
Chestnut helped them stand tall, run fast, and feel they had an ally in their corner. Chestnut gave Hutch an unstoppable, “Go ahead Dad, try me now,” kinda energy.
So when it came time to make the potion that would clear out the toxicity lurking inside the Grey House, Hutch contributed a lock of Chestnut’s mane, and a reminder that sometimes to find our own voice, we have to say no to the overwhelming voice of another.
This card is a signal that there is a time for pushing back, for heeding that flinty unwavering thing which rises up from inside and refuses to be moved. Because sometimes you know what’s right, even when the world around you seems to have lost its mind, and at those moments, you gotta stand with what helps you stand tall.
So when it came time to make the potion that would clear out the toxicity lurking inside the Grey House, Hutch contributed a lock of Chestnut’s mane, and a reminder that sometimes to find our own voice, we have to say no to the overwhelming voice of another.
This card is a signal that there is a time for pushing back, for heeding that flinty unwavering thing which rises up from inside and refuses to be moved. Because sometimes you know what’s right, even when the world around you seems to have lost its mind, and at those moments, you gotta stand with what helps you stand tall.
–Swoon