Rune Project - Kenaz

Kenaz

knowledge

Kenaz refers to the ability to create your own reality. You do not need to live in the reality manufactured by others or society; you are your own reality artist and engineer. The rune is associated with vision, creativity, inspiration, revelation, and the technical ability to make it all real.

Reverse Interpretation - Kenaz reversed usually refers to the end of something. When you cling to something when it is time to let go and then it will probably only bring pain and suffering.

Element - fire

Polarity - feminine

Planet - Venus

Color - light red

Crystal - Bloodstone

Plant - Cowslip

Tree - Pine

Deity - Heimdall, Freyja, Frey

-Poetry-

"Ulcer is fatal to children; death makes a corpse pale." - Old Norwegian

"Disease fatal to children and painful spot and abode of mortification." - Old Icelandic

"The torch is known to every living man by its pale, bright flame; it always burns where pinces sit within." - Anglo-Saxon

Rune Project - Raido

Raido

journey, moving, change

Raido is about travel, moving, relocation, taking a vacation. This may be referring to movement in the physical sense or may mean a psychological change or that of relationship. It supports retaionality and common sense, seeing the wider perspective on a situation before acting.

REverse - Interpretation - Raido reversed can mean feeling stuck or unable to change. On a more literal level this reversed rune could signify travel problems, a missed flight or a broken down car.

Element - Air

Polarity - masculine

Zodiac - Sagittarius

Color - bright red

Crystal - Chrysophase

Plant - Mugwort

Tree - Oak

Deity - Ing, Perthus

-Poetry-

"Riding is said to be the worst thing for horses; Reginn forged the finest sword." - Old Norwegian

"Riding is of sitting a blessing and swift journey and horses toiling" - Old Icelandic

"Riding seems easy to every warrior while he is indoors and very courageous to him who traverses the high-roads on the back of a stout horse." - Anglo-Saxon

Rune Project - Ansuz

Ansuz

God, breath

Ansuz is the rune of Odin, the principal Norse god. Ansuz stands for wisdom, knowledge, mental stability, and insight. The rune may be referring to a message, or to the power of communication, especially the ability to listen.

Reverse Interpretation - Ansuz may come up reversed when there is a misunderstanding. You may not be getting your ideas across clearly. You may lack necessary information. Someone may be giving unhelpful advice or misleading information. Ansuz reversed can also be a warning not to misinterpret information.

Element - air

Polarity - masculine

Planet - Venus

Color - dark blue

Crystal - Emerald

Plant - Fly Agaric

Tree - Ash

Deity - Odin, Loki, Eostre

-Poetry-

"Oss is aged Gautr and prince of Asgardr and lord of Vallhalla. chief Jupiter." - Icelandic

"? is the source of all language, a pillar of wisdom and a comfort to wise men, a blessing and a joy to every night." - Anglo-Saxon

Rune Project - Thurisaz

Thurisaz

resistance, directed force, will, male sexuality, temptation

Thurisaz can represent being in the right place at the right time. Drawing Thurizas may be telling us to think before acting. It represents the value of action through non-action, the ability to wait.

Reverse Interpretation - A reversed Thurisaz requires contemplation. It's a warning not to be too hasty in your decisions and actions. Think carefully before acting or starting something new.

Element - fire

Polarity - masculine

Planet - Mars

Color - bright red

Crystal - Sapphire

Tree - Blackthorn

Plant - houseleek

Deity - Thor

- Poetry-

"Thurs ("Giant") causes anguish to women, misfortune makes few men cheerful." - Old Norwegian

"Thurs ("Giant") is torture of women and cliff-dweller and husband of a giantess Saturn's thegn." - Old Icelandic

"The thorn is exceedingly sharp, and evil thing for any knight to touch, uncommony severe on all who sit smong them." - Anglo-Saxon

Rune Project - Uruz

Uruz

endurance, manifestation, energy, courage, healing, forgiveness

Uruz represents the physical or mental strength required to fulfill your dreams. Often characterizing change, Uruz may refer to an exciting opportunity that requires you to let go of the past in order to receive the future. In the area of relationships, Uruz points to the ned to settle disputes with others so that you may reach your full potential without conflict holding you back.

Reverse Interpretation - Uruz reversed can signify the need for a long, hard look at your relationship with yourself. You may be missing opportunities due to lack of confidence, self-discipline or some other weakness, physical or psychological. Only you can make the life changes you desire. Extra vigilance may be required in order to improve your health.

Element - earth

Polarity - masculine

Zodiac - Taurus

Color - dark green

Crystal - Carbuncle

Plant - Iceland Moss

Tree - Birch

Deity - Thor, Urd

- Poetry-

"Dross comes from bad iron; the reindeer often races over the frozen snow." - Old Norwegian

"Rain is lamentation of the clouds and ruin of the hay-harvest and abomination of the shepherd." - Old Icelandic

"The aurochs is proud and has great horns; it is very savage beast and fights with its horns; a great ranger of the moors, it is a creature of mettle." - Anglo-Saxon

Runes Project - Fehu

money, wealth, social success, personal power, prosperity

Fehu is the rune of wealth. Fehu may be referring to looking for new profit or conserving what you have already gained. Fehu can also signify growth in relationship; this can mean working to make an existing relationship stronger and deeper, or taking an existing friendship into a new phase, possibly romantic.  Share your true self and emotions and you will prosper and grow.

Reverse Interpretation - May signify financial loss if you are not careful. It might be time to re-evaluate your plans, especially financially. Fehu reversed can signify failed ambition, bad luck or health problems but may just signify obstacles to be met rather than a serious failure. In the realm of relationships this stone may be telling  you that your timing is not right or that you are likely blowing things out of proportion. Be careful not to let negative emotions tear you apart.

Element - Fire and earth

Polarity - feminine

Zodiac - Aries

Color - light red

Crystal - moss agate

Plant - nettle

Tree - Elder

Deity - Frey, Freyja

-Poetry-

"Wealth is a source of discord amongst kin; the wolf lives in the forest." - Old Norwegian

"Wealth is a source of discord amongst king and fire of the sea and path of the serpent." - Old Icelandic

"Wealth is a consolation to all men Yet much of it must each man give away If glory he desire To gain before his god." - Anglo-Saxon

Whan that aprill

Sometimes you just have tangle.... this is on Canson Illustration board. It's a soothing surface for the micron pens. This was very relaxing.

The Rune Project is my main focus. I have finished 6 more runes. I think I'll post them separately so I can use the posts as a means of organization.

The Canterbury Tales - Prologue in Middle English
by Geoffrey Chaucer

Whan that aprill with his shoures soote
The droghte of march hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Whan zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
Tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the ram his halve cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open ye
(so priketh hem nature in hir corages);
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes,
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
And specially from every shires ende
Of engelond to caunterbury they wende,
The hooly blisful martir for to seke,
That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke.

Power Dropped Tangling Continues

An unexpected power outage fried my cable modem and cable box so I'm just now getting around to posting these.  Apparently, posting from my Samsung Tablet is going to require an expenditure of brain power. You'd think mobile blogging would be easier. Above is "Bonsai" because I felt like it. I'm procrastinating on starting my study of the runes. I think I want to make them smaller. This is a bit large and I tend to stick with the same tangle to use up space.

This combines several recent Diva Challenges. I'm not quite brave enough to post my link on her site. She has some very accomplished tanglers and I'm a rank novice.  This combines the newest official tangle Rixty and  the challenge to use my initials as a string. I'm afraid I wasn't very creative that night. I also wanted to try the colors on the tan colored cardstock. I'm not sure how the cardstock would stand up to wet blending so I did the best I could with the stump.  I really can't see very well on this colored paper. But, I love the effect.

More tangling on watercolor. Just for fun - I attempted another Diva Challenge to use Quandary. I'm not sure it turned out quite as I thought it would but a few circles transformed it into flowers. There are no mistakes in Zentangle.

Fun on pale yellow cardstock with blue Micron ink and a bit o soft gray shading. this is a Zendala but I'm still having trouble planning them out.

BE as a greeting card.  I think I like the first one better and this one was challenging. Maybe I was just tired. It was fun and I see some elements I'm going to carry forth. Whimsy is such a release for me. 

Next I need to start focusing on the rune project so I can start packing up my fancy supplies for the big move. We had our home inspected by the buyers on Friday..... This could be it (with guarded enthusiasm as not to jinx it).  I should also think of something for Miss May's upcoming birthday. Maybe I'll just give her the blue teapot. 

Another attempt

Playing with the whole greeting card thing again

Below is attempt 2 at the peeking bunny. Thank you, Jean for helping make this bunny a little less bizarre and creepy.

When April Showers

Just playin with the painted paper

My first official Zendala. Stressful - I keep wanting to balance it and center it; but I know that isn't necessary. Actually, I'm pleased with how this turned out.

 Playing with my new Prismacolor watercolor pencils to see how the color works. Interesting. This tangle is on Bristol board.

We went to IHOP and the girls loved the bunny clings peeking around the corners. I decided to try a Easter card with a peeking bunny.  Gel pens, Inktense pencils

Haven't been tangling as much this week. I have bows I need to make and some custom orders to get out.

Old Rhymes

My mother saved this verse I wrote. I didn't remember it; but it does express my awe at the tenacity of the little chickadees that overwinter in the snow.  Written for Jean's Advent spiral (Waldorf thing)

A Spiral Verse for Winter 

                             by Lynn Tatro  1993

When the stars shone brightly,

and it snowed lightly,

The chickadee snuggled 

in her small snow cave.

To live through winter

one must be brave.

We go on rightly,

until the sun shines brightly.

White on Color Fun

Decided to play around with something different tonight - sharpies, gelly roll pen, bristol board.  I was going to color the bars black but after I got it tangled I decided I'd just leave them white. I need to go find some tutorials about shading with the white graphite. I'm not sure I'm doing the right thing with it. And the next scnaner I buy is going to scan 12" !

April Tangles

Tiffany Tangles says anything goes this month for the swap. So, I'm playing around a bit. Not sure I will swap these yet though. Below is another foolish doodle just for grins. I was so tired after getting up early for 3 days to get Maybelle to her state required testing that I was a little punchy. The pen goes where it wills when you fall asleep midtangle.  Yes, the one below is with a blue Micron pen. I really prefer tangling on the official tiles. That paper is so special.

Happy Birthday Auntie Lou Lou

Tangled this card for my Aunt Mary Lou's Birthday. I share my birthday with one of the sweetest, kindest people on the planet. And, she's my Aunt too! We are exactly 20 years apart and graduated from the same high school We even had some of the same teachers. Happy Birthday to yooooooo Auntie Lou Lou

Birdies Build Your Nest

I was playing about with this nest on some wet on wet painted watercolor. I got a little close to the edge so.... this is a work in progress. I think I may add some words and maybe some spray ink. Who knows?

Playing with white on black

Greeting card. You know, I may have actually found my colring style. I really like the limited pallet and the sepia micron pen work. This card is mostly to explore the coloring technique again though I may just send it to my mother. I'd really like to work a soft grey in here. None of the blues are exactly what I want. It could be very good or very bad. I will need to experiment when I have more time.

Coloring Calendar Colored Page Sample

Had some time after cleaning house so it can be shown to work on coloring this sample page to post in the etsy shop when the April page is no longer appropriate. It is sure odd to color Christmassy things in the Spring. The digital download coloring calendar pages (13 pages to color) is for sale in my Etsy Shop 

Sepia with color

So, I tangled an Easter egg with sepia and colored the flowers on it with the Derwent inktense pencils. I loved the effect. Last night I made this Mother's Day Greeting Card. I'll probably make another. I really like how it looks. 

This is just a doodle on some previously wet-on-wet watercolor. I still haven't found the secret to tangling on that rough paper. I like working with the color; but I really don't like the texture of the paper under the pen. 

Split Rock Lighthouse

Split Rock Lighthouse, Lake Superior

I'm a Basket Case

Well, with this limited bandwidth due to some malware, I guess I'm way behind on posting things.  Here's something to soon appear in my etsy shop. I upcycled it from Turn A Leaf. It was just a lot of fun. I never know what I'm going to do until I've done it. I used  Sakura Permacolor and Sakura Identipen markers.

And there are a few other things I've finished but neglected to post. Decorated tea cans and an upcycled postcard frame.

I'm a big teapot

I just realized I haven't posted any pictures of the teapot I tangled last week. I love it; but, I think I'll try to sell it on etsy so watch my shop for it to arrive.
I used an Aqua Oil Paint Sharpie. It was great fun - Sooo smooth but no room for second thoughts or a slip up.

Paradox Puzzler

I've spent quite a few hours trying to master this tangle that I simply adore. For some reason my brain just can't figure it out. I can get the basic tangle but still can't put them together to look like this. So, I've been finishing up the Easter eggs and did a paper wrap for one of the tea cans that I can't paint and tangle just to see how it works.  This will be the lid

It was alot of fun to work on the smaller scale for a change. I may also explore adding some color though I think it would be more fun to tangle on vellum or bristol board for a change. The watercolor paper is most versatile; but it doesn't give you the same feel while tangling.

Spring has Arrived!

"Sometimes our fate resembles a fruite tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it." 

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Sakura tangle

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Sometimes it's fun to just tangle a tangle 

I do miss springtime in places outside Alaska. Here it is pretty muddy though it's nice to have the sun returning. There is a shift - yes - there really is a shift.

Doodles Color me Square

Just playing around with the watercolor paper and new tangles.

Coupla Greetin' Cards for Fun

Not sure I like this one - seems too dark. Still learning my way around color

Did this one in early February but just now scanned it. The part of the tree where I originally wrote Happy Birthday was pretty messed up; so I made it a 3d card ;D