Artwork Description
Swoon – Oracle Deck: Ogre Minkie-The Heel
Dimensions: 17 x 11″
Year: 2024
Medium: archival digital print on Moab Entrada 300 gsm
Edition: ed. 1/20
It might be time to batten down the hatches when the heel comes to town. Smalltime criminal that he is, the Ogre Minkie can make himself seem purdy harmless.
Sure, he puts a strain on your hospitality, and, sure, there’s a little unease in the pit of your stomach when he rolls in, but no real harm. Right?
Well, that’s the question this card poses. Good, nice, polite fella that you are, you don’t always see the heel coming. But the heel sees you.
The Ogre Minkie card asks us how we protect what needs protecting in life. The world is complicated and full of nefarious forces. Even ones that play on our sympathies, call on our family relatedness, and tug at our sense of obligation and decency. And we want to be obliging. Sure we do. But figuring out how to be kind while also not tolerating threats to the health and safety of ourselves and our families is a pretty good trick, and one worth learning.
Many of us are raised to ignore our instincts and do what others ask of us, but The Minkie card is a reminder that the body has white blood cells for a reason. Not everything that comes around is welcome.
So if there’s a heel hanging around the door somewhere in your life, do like Katarina finally did. Get out the sharp end of your favorite gardening implement, and send ‘em packing.
–Swoon