Tale of a Game Magus

 As my current class comes to an end, I need to look ahead a bit to see what I will need in the upcoming months. I move on from this into Illustration. I'm a little terrified, to be honest. It builds on the knowledge one would have gained in a regular 100 level drawing class. Apparently one of the credits from college that carried over for me was my drawing class. It seems this one will also use pencils and large paper. I might need to make a trip to the craft store later this week for a few things. I have the constant feeling that I will be sub par at this course; believing my classmates would have been drawing consistently their whole lives, making this class another introductory coding class for me where everyone already knows everything and are just taking the course because they have to. I could prepare by watching through the udemy class on drawing I purchased years ago but never finished.  In other news, however, I finally purchased a new computer. Significantly more po...

 It being February now and my birthday, I thought it would be a good time for another post. I know I didn't post much this past month but I had nothing really to say. Same stuff each week with the dying computer, anxiety about by inability to do things, ect.  The February card I drew was The Emperor. Number four in the Major Arcana. I always viewed my birthday as my true New Year. Interestingly, my birthday comes around the Chinese New Year. I think that, in part, is why New Years Resolutions fail, at least for me. It's not my real new year. The Emperor card represents stability and balance. The figure in the chair is regal, composed and almost tired looking. Around him are the wiccan triangles symbolizing the four elements. The 5th element: Spirit can be symbolized by the gear directly above his head. This card indicates a need to create structure in my life. A push to be an authority I need to be, or find one that can help me be that authority. Like the figure here, I am tir...